BACKUP ORACLE HOME AND INVENTORY

BACKUP ORACLE HOME AND INVENTORY

Oracle Home and Inventory Backup
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tar -cvf $ORACLE_HOME $ORACLE_HOME/oraInventory | gzip > Backup_Software_Version.tar.gz

Note: 
tar -cvf <destination_location> <source_location>

ORACLE_HOME & ORACLE_CRS_HOME backup’s (for all nodes in RAC)

$ tar -zcvf db_1_bak.tar.gz db_1

$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2

$ ls -al
total 353532
drwxr-xr-x  3 oracle oinstall      4096 Sep  6 17:32 .
drwxrwxr-x  3 oracle oinstall      4096 Sep 12  2013 ..
drwxr-xr-x 80 oracle oinstall      4096 Jun 11 02:03 db_1
-rw-r--r--  1 oracle oinstall 361627648 Sep  6 17:34 db_1_bak.tar.gz


Controlfile Backup
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alter database backup controlfile to trace; 

show parameter user_dump_dest
(go to udump dest and make the note of controlfile trace)