>I would like to use the Amanda Software in order to make >backup of some oracle's tables. Is it possible? Is it >good?
We back up several Oracle databases (and have even had to restore :-). The trick is to run a script just before the amdump run that: - for each tablespace in the database - identify all datafiles belonging to that tablespace - set the tablespace to backup mode - copy the datafiles to the backup location - set the tablespace to regular mode - switch the log file so any changes made during backup get archived - back up the control file The files are written to a large separate partition that is what Amanda is actually told to back up. The scripts, etc, are here: ftp://gandalf.cc.purdue.edu/pub/amanda/dbbackup.* >Aline John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]