CHAPTER 12Backup and Recovery Considerations
Most database administrators will agree that protecting data is one of the most important aspects of their job. As a DBA, you are responsible for the availability of the databases in your environment, and a sound backup and recovery strategy is critical to administering and managing those databases. The more time you spend planning and testing your backup and recovery strategy, the easier it will be to respond in an efficient and timely manner during a recovery situation. Operating system commands such as cp and dd can be used to back up an Oracle database, but they are not database-aware commands. Although many third-party tools are available for database backup and recovery, we will focus on the ...
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