Answer Detail: RE: What is Partial Backup ?

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What is Partial Backup ?

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A Partial Backup is any operating system backup short of a full backup, taken while the database is open or shut down.

January 01, 2006 10:57:36	#1
Lalit Vasuja	Member Since: Visitor Total Comments: N/A
RE: What is Partial Backup ?
A partial backup is an operating system backup of part of a database. The backup of an individual tablespace's datafiles or the backup of a control file are examples of partial backups. Partial backups are useful only when the database is in ARCHIVELOG mode.