Backup and recovery of Oracle data on Linux

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Backup and recovery of Oracle data on Linux

These tips and expert responses explain how to back up your Oracle databases and perform recovery operations on the Linux operating system.

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  • Backing up Linux database on Windows system

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    Ask the Expert -  My Oracle database runs on Linux with the Samba system not activated. I want to do a backup on a Windows system. Is it possible?

  • Back up an Oracle database on a Linux platform

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    Ask the Expert -  How do I take a backup of an Oracle database on a Linux platform? What are the steps I should follow?

  • Exporting Oracle database on Linux for backup

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    Ask the Expert -  What are the steps to export an Oracle database on a SUSE Linux platform in order to take a backup?

  • Taking a backup of an Oracle 8i database in Linux

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    Ask the Expert -  Can you let me know how to take a backup in Linux for Oracle 8i? What is the location of my datafiles, redo files and control files?

  • Scheduling backup jobs in Linux

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    Ask the Expert -  How do I schedule my backup jobs in Linux? I scheduled a job using crontab, but it didn't run.

  • Importing from Windows to Linux

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    Ask the Expert -  I am trying to do an export from Windows and import onto Oracle running on Linux. The links in OracleSearch say that the export file is platform independent. When I open the export dump file, I see references to c:oracle , etc., which is specific to...

  • Clone database with exp/imp on Linux

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    Ask the Expert -  Is it possible to clone an Oracle 10g database from Linux (R3 update4) server to IBM Blade Server under Linux AS4 with exp/imp?

  • Using backup taken on Windows to restore Linux database

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    Ask the Expert -  I am running a database on Windows and one on Linux. I have taken a backup of the database from the Windows system. Will this backup be utilized to restore the database running on Linux? If yes, can you tell me the procedure?

  • Example scripts for Oracle9i cold backup on Linux

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    Ask the Expert -  Where can I find Oracle9i cold backup with re-setup archive log example scripts for Red Hat Linux server?

  • Cloning a database on Linux and restoring on Windows

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    Ask the Expert -  I have an Oracle database on Linux and I want to know if I can clone my database using RMAN and restore it on Windows.