about disk backup

[milaren]

my workstation :
1.only one disk
2.oracle 9i
Now:
1.can this disk boot as root disk on other similar station
2.can i copy the whole disk to another disk?
then boot from the 2nd disk?and oracle 9i still exist?

[Leif Halvarsson_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,
Yes, you can boot on another workstation if it is the same hardware.

Yes, if you shut down oracle first you can make a copy of the disk (using dd or OmniBack rawdisk backup for example) and use the new disk as boot disk (and with Oracle intact).

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Take a look at next question, good answers for your question,

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x206d42308663d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Robert-Jan.

[RAJESH GANGADHARAN]

Yes you can boot similer worksation if the H/W configuration is same,

If you got a tape drive you can use Ignite-UX to take an Image of your root disk and you can restore it to a different disk.

[Eugeny Brychkov]

Please note that if your Oracle is tied to workstation's hardware via its software ID (SWID) then Oracle will not work on another workstation (but OS will)
Eugeny

[milaren]

thank you!