1. Database Administrator's Reference
  2. Performing Database Backup and Recovery with VSS
  3. About Backing Up a Database
  4. About Backing Up a Database in ARCHIVELOG Mode
  5. Making Component-Based Backups of an ARCHIVELOG Database

Making Component-Based Backups of an ARCHIVELOG Database

Explains how to back up the entire database. You can back up only Oracle Database, ArchiveLogDest_n, and Fast Recovery Area, listed in Components Backed Up by the Oracle VSS Writer.

To back up the entire database:

  1. Start a SQL*Plus session on the target database and make sure the database is open READ WRITE.
  2. Use a third-party VSS requester to select the Oracle Database component.
  3. Create a snapshot of the database.

    Oracle VSS writer includes the server parameter file, control file, and data files in the snapshot. The online redo logs are not included in the snapshot.

Parent topic: About Backing Up a Database in ARCHIVELOG Mode