How i can make a backup on linux
i have a server linux and clients windows can i make this backup from client

thanx for all in advance

which type of backup you want to do?

u can use rman to make hot and cold backup
and u can use just cold bkp
there are many ways to backup

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Cold backup on linux:
1- you have to stop the database first
2- you have to create a shel file and give it name as backup and this file will have this command:

cp -R /d01/oracle/proddata /d04

you have to be carfull when editing the shel because all UNIX and Linux are case sensitive
2- create a Linux shel to shutdown the database also:
remeber this is example only
YOU WILL FIND IT IN ATTACHED FILES WITH NAME STOP_DATABASE.TXT
3- create a shel script to startup the database NAME IS START_DATASBE.TXT:

4- after generating all shel scripts you have to ask yourself many qestions such as when you will start this backup? , when you will shutdown the database? and when you will open the datbase?
there are good tool in RED HAT Enterprise LINUX can use for the secheduled tasks called crontab
you can edit crontab and add / modify or remove tasks using this commands:
$ crontab -e
remeber don't use this command $ crontab -r (it remove all the crontab enteries)

the crontab entery such as backup database :
0 22 * * 1,2,3,4,7 /home/applprod/scripts/stopPROD.sh
this enetery means the Linux will run the stopPROD.sh at time 22:00 in days (7 sunday, 1 mondy, 2 tuseday, 3 wednesday, 4 thursday )
please see the attached files and feed back to me if you have any enquires


Mohamed Tawfik
ORACLE8i,9i and 10G DBA
REHL ADMIN
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