Mmmm. . . Ron - How long do you figure it would take you to re-import the 16-gig? Ever tried it? One thing I do is break the export by table so I get all the little tables, the ones I would have a hope of re-importing, into one export file. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have an export of a 16G database that is consistently taking 6 hours to export. It doesn't matter what time of the day or night the script is executed. There is very little activity on the server. Any ideas? #!/bin/ksh export ORACLE_SID=adprod export ORACLE_HOME=`grep $ORACLE_SID /etc/oratab | cut -d : -f2` PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:. export USERPASS=system/sysada2 # # Create a new pipe each time # if [ -p exp_pipe_$ORACLE_SID ] then rm exp_pipe_$ORACLE_SID fi mknod exp_pipe_$ORACLE_SID p OUTFILE="/oracle_dba/expimp/adprod/adprod_exp_full_`date '+%m%d%y'`.dmp.Z" LOGFILE="/oracle_dba/expimp/adprod/adprod_exp_full_`date '+%m%d%y'`.log" # # Begin compress job and export to pipe with userid and password hidden # compress < /oracle_dba/expimp/adprod/exp_pipe_adprod > $OUTFILE & exp $USERPASS full=y compress=n consistent=y recordlength=65535 direct=y file=/oracle_dba/expimp/adprod/exp_pipe_adprod log= $LOGFILE Ron Smith DBA Kerr-McGee Corp -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Smith, Ron L. INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).