you can also use the FILESIZE parameter available in export since 8i
(the only docs I have are for 8.1.7 so I'm not sure if it was available
before that release)
--- Robertson Lee - lerobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also found this in my archives, courtesy of Rachel.
>
> Regards
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: 16 May 2001 22:28
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> there is a note out on Metalink on how to do this. You can also break
> the
> export into separate files in later versions of Oracle8i. or you can
> run the
>
> following script (modified to suit your system, it was last tested on
>
> Solaris/Oracle 7.3.4)
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> cd $EXPORT_DIR
> #
> # set maximum file size for each chunk of the export file
> #
> MAXFILESIZE=2000m
> export MAXFILESIZE
> #
> # create filenames for the parts of the backup... for now let's go to
> 3
> #
> FILENAME1=$EXPORT_DIR/backup1_$ORACLE_SID.dmp
> FILENAME2=$EXPORT_DIR/backup2_$ORACLE_SID.dmp
> FILENAME3=$EXPORT_DIR/backup3_$ORACLE_SID.dmp
> LOGFILE=$EXPORT_DIR/backup_$ORACLE_SID.log
> #
> # save off the old ones
> #
> mv $FILENAME1 $FILENAME1.old
> if [ -f $FILENAME2 ]
> then
> mv $FILENAME2 $FILENAME2.old
> fi
> if [ -f $FILENAME3 ]
> then
> mv $FILENAME3 $FILENAME3.old
> fi
> mv $LOGFILE $LOGFILE.old
> #
> # create the pipes
> #
> mkfifo exportpipeaa
> mkfifo exportpipeab
> mkfifo exportpipeac
> mkfifo wrkpipe
> umask 000
> #
> # start the readers from the pipes to create the export files
> #
> dd if=exportpipeaa of=$FILENAME1 &
> dd if=exportpipeab of=$FILENAME2 &
> dd if=exportpipeac of=$FILENAME3 &
> #
> # start the reader from the wrkpipe to compress and split the export
> #
> dd if=wrkpipe|compress|split -b $MAXFILESIZE - exportpipe &
> #
> # start the export for real
> #
> exp "/" file=wrkpipe full=y compress=n buffer=4096000 LOG=$LOGFILE
> #
> # clean up after ourselves
> #
> rm exportpipeaa exportpipeab exportpipeac wrkpipe
> #
> # if you haven't used all the pipes, the dd may still linger on
> # make sure to REALLY clean up
> #
> ps -ef|grep exportpipe|grep -vi grep|awk '{printf ("kill -9 %d;
> \n",$2)}'>kill.lst
> chmod u+x kill.lst
> sh kill.lst
> rm kill.lst
>
>
>
> now to import from those split files"
>
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> cd $EXPORT_DIR
> #
> # create filenames for the parts of the backup... for now let's go to
> 3
> #
> FILENAME1=$EXPORT_DIR/backup1_$ORACLE_SID.dmp
> FILENAME2=$EXPORT_DIR/backup2_$ORACLE_SID.dmp
> FILENAME3=$EXPORT_DIR/backup3_$ORACLE_SID.dmp
> LOGFILE=$EXPORT_DIR/backup_$ORACLE_SID.log
> #
> # create the pipe to import from
> #
> mkfifo wrkpipe
> umask 000
> #
> # start the reader from the import pipe
> #
> imp "/" file=wrkpipe full=y commit=y buffer=4096000 LOG=$LOGFILE &
> #
> # create the import stream coming from the pipes
> #
> cat $FILENAME1 $FILENAME2 $FILENAME3 | uncompress | dd of=wrkpipe
> #
> # clean up the import pipe
> #
> rm wrkpipe
>
>
>
> >From: "Armstead, Michael A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Export Split Script
> >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:07:24 -0800
> >
> >Rajaram,
> >
> >Please give me details on how to use mknod to split export files
> larger
> >than
> >2 GB. We have broken our jobs into over 50 separate export jobs on
> the
> >table
> >level just to keep our files less than 2GB.
> >
> >Michael Armstead
> >Application Database Administrator, OCP-Certified
> >US Pharmaceuticals IT
> >Glaxo SmithKline
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rajaram [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 4:31 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: RE: Export Split Script
> > >
> > > If you are using Oracle on Unix , You may want to use unix pipes
> (
> >mknod).
> > > - most people use this method to manage files > 2GB.
> > >
> > > Rajaram
> > > (Now that I am at the top of a mountain - I dont know how to get
> down!)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Smith, Ron L. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 3:57 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: Export Split Script
> > >
> > > I tries using a compressed export and the output is still over
> 2G. Does
> > > anyone have the export script that splits the export files into
> multiple
> > > files?
> > >
> > > Ron Smith
> > > Database Administration
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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