On 12/18/08 11:29 AM, "Little, Chris" <chris.lit...@okdhs.org> wrote:
> You _can_ do an online export of a database. Don't expect the data to > be reliable, though. But we tested exports on our production systems > without, you know, impacting production. Always a "good thing"(tm). Indeed. RMAN is supposed to have some Extra Magick (trademark) that keeps it consistent for backup use, though. So far, we seem to have sufficient supplies of Magick that it's worked reliably for us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390