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Can Full Backup be performed when the database is open ?

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Asked by: Interview Candidate | Asked on: Sep 6th, 2004
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todearmurali

Answered On : Sep 27th, 2005

full backup can be taken with the interaction of oracle where we keep the tablespaces in begin backup mode and the respective datafiles are taken at os.finallt controlfile is taken backup .After that logfile switch should be force for recovery purpose.

  
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Murugesh.V.Raja

Answered On : Oct 11th, 2005

When the database in ARCHIVE LOG mode

  
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Srinivas_vemali

Answered On : Nov 20th, 2005

Back can be performed. But, it's a hot backup. Database needs to be in Archivemode.

  
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devesh

Answered On : Jan 20th, 2006

Yes, by using the Rman you have to take full backup when database is opened. But it is not a synchronized backup because its a hot backup.

I have recomended to you go for cold backup.

  
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rajat dey

Answered On : Feb 21st, 2006

Yes , we can take full backup but this is not advisable it will degrade your performace if your database transaction is more .But using RMAN utility of oracle you can take which is more flexible than traditional full backup (it nothing but online backup ). regrdsrajat dey

  
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jatinder

Answered On : Jun 6th, 2006

ues we can tabke full backup while database is open. By using hot backup. Tabe backup of all tablespaces using hotback. and take backup on control file useing alter database backup controlfile to trace;and then take backup of pfile using: create pfile from spfile;In this way Full backup can be performed when the database is open;

  
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Chiranjeevi Manne

Answered On : Mar 30th, 2007

Yes, it is possible only when the database is in Archivelog Mode.

  
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Mohammed Abdul Afroze

Answered On : Sep 20th, 2007

If the database is in Noarchivelog mode, then it is not possible to take the close backup.

If the database is in Archivelog mode, then it can be taken as Open Backup.

  
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satyam_2007

Answered On : Oct 27th, 2007

Online backup can be whole and partial, be full and incremental, and be carried out with RMAN or with the operating system commands. But they can only be done if the database is in archivelog mode.

A datafile that is backed up online will not be synchronized with any particlular SCN, nor it is synchronized with the other datafiles or the control files. It is backed up while it is in use: being read from by server processes, and written by DBWn.

  
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sanjayoracle

Answered On : Apr 24th, 2008

NO, we can't. cuz Full Backup means consistent backup and we can take this backup only when our database is close.

  
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Kamran Agayev A.

Answered On : Sep 8th, 2009

Of course YES

Using RMAN you can take full backup of database while it's open. But don't forget to archive current redo log file and backup it also, because it keeps all changes made to database while it was backed up


For more information, please refer to documentation:

download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/backup.111/b28270/rcmbckba.htm#i1006297

  
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