No, backups do not lock anything inside the database; it has absolutely nothing to do with backups or BMC. A user's database session was performing DML or DDL on the table, plain and simple. Database sessions can persist after the user session has been killed, detected by querying V$SESSION.
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:14 PM > Hi all. > > Yeaterday we were tyring to rename a table. The rename > command failed with > > ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT > specified > > Could that error somewhow be a result of a hot backup > running at the same time via BMC. I know that the hot > backup doesn't lock table for DML, but this is a DDL > command. Is there any scenario that can explain this > error by the BMC backup? Our version of Oracle is > 8.1.7. Afaik no transactions after the table being > renamed have been running at the time > > thanks > > Gene > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Gurelei > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tim Gorman 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).
