Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-17 Thread Fredrik Persson P (QRA)
Hi! I've been assigned the task to back up an Oracle database w/ amanda. I'm also told (by the db administrator) that a have to read the files under /u02 (a directory in the root of the file hierarchy) in a certain order. Let me explain with an example; I'm backing this directory up: /my/dire

Re: Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-17 Thread John R. Jackson
>I've been assigned the task to back up an Oracle database w/ amanda. I'm >also told (by the db administrator) that a have to read the files under /u02 >(a directory in the root of the file hierarchy) in a certain order. Ummm, that's very odd. I've talked with my Oracle admin and we're not sure

RE: Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-20 Thread Fredrik Persson P (QRA)
[Fredrik Persson P (QRA)] Please read the entire mail! In the end, I'm coming to a conclusion that probably obsoletes a lot of the previous junk that I wrote. I've been writing this email all day and I've become wiser along the day too... > >I've been assigned the tas

RE: Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-21 Thread Tuthill, Ed
perl version of this, let me know and I can ship a copy your way. > -Original Message- > From: Fredrik Persson P (QRA) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:46 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Backing up Oracle databa

Re: Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-21 Thread John R. Jackson
>... It's very much like the tcl script John Jackson wrote ... Ummm, I didn't write that. A co-worker, Todd Helfter, did (as it says in the inline comments). >The script essentially backs up all of the tablespaces, control >files, and config files to a spare partition set up specifically >for

Re: Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-21 Thread John R. Jackson
> Are you running 24/7? If so, how do you deal with the issue > of changes in the db during file transfer? ... Yes, we're running 24/7. And it's my understand the technique the script we use employs deals with that. >> The scripts we use are at: >> >> ftp://gandalf.cc.purdue.ed

RE: Backing up Oracle database

2000-11-22 Thread Joi Ellis
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Tuthill, Ed wrote: >So if you'd like to look at a perl version of this, let me know >and I can ship a copy your way. I'd love to have a copy of your perl script when you're finished with it. I have MySql on my box supporting my own private website search engine and our inter