It seems I was completely wrong, is it the same as for Oracle 8 and 8i? Last time I've worked with Windows it was on Oracle 8 and I thought that you had to stop the services because Windows was not letting you copy the database files.
--- Igor Neyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Joe, > > You can stop the services, which should shutdown the > database (for cold backup). > > But, that's not the only option. You can leave > services running, and just shutdown the database > (using svrmgrl, or sqlplus), and then do the cold > backup. > > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JOE TESTA > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:28 AM > Subject: services on windows????? > > > My partner sent me a question about services on > windows. > > when doing a cold backup is it necessary to > shutdown the windows services?, I have no idea as > I've not had the nightmare of dealing with oracle on > windoze. > > joe > > ===== Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________ Lèche-vitrine ou lèche-écran ? magasinage.yahoo.ca -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?paquette=20stephane?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).