On 04/13/2016 03:13 PM, raza siddiqui wrote:
Always worth starting with the basics. However, this may only be relevant if the database is accessed at the time the offline backup is taken. If you backup and leave down, you might have to wait til an End of Week / Month, Quarter or Year cycle to really determine if that particular instance is accessed during those fiscal (or other) periods.Well, I'd say that "drop database" will pretty much leave it down. The cold backup will enable you to bring it up.
