Could it be used for Online (Hot) Backups ? When you say "consistent" do you mean "no I/O running on the datafile" (eg as in Duncan's case, a Standby Database in frozen recovery) or do you just mean "the files are in BEGIN BACKUP mode" ? --- Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It absolutely does make sense to use for datafiles, you just have > to > make sure they're consistent. I've done a couple of environments > with > rsync as poor man's replication/DR/backups/etc. > > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lawie, Duncan > > > > I've used it to "revert" a physical standby database which > > had been opened but not much changed. > > > > However, my source database was another physical standby > > which had been taken out of recovery so that it was in a > > non-changing state. > > > > I can't remember the exact syntax now, but using large rsync > > block sizes made sense, as a relatively small proportion of > > (database) blocks had changed. > > Hemant K Chitale http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l