17 Making User-Managed Backups

This chapter describes methods of backing up an Oracle database in a user-managed backup and recovery strategy, that is, a strategy that does not depend on using Recovery Manager (RMAN).

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Querying V$ Views to Obtain Backup Information

• Making User-Managed Backups of the Whole Database

• Making User-Managed Backups of Offline Tablespaces and Datafiles

• Making User-Managed Backups of Online Tablespaces and Datafiles

• Making User-Managed Backups of the Control File

• Making User-Managed Backups of Archived Redo Logs

• Making User-Managed Backups in SUSPEND Mode

• Making User-Managed Backups to Raw Devices

• Verifying User-Managed Backups

• Making Logical Backups with Oracle Export Utilities

• Making User-Managed Backups of Miscellaneous Oracle Files

• Keeping Records of Current and Backup Database Files

This chapter was last modified June 17, 2005 6:30 pm