Mike Holden wrote: > Mogaroy wrote: > > > Thanks Mike, for clearing up a few things.Appreciate your patience ! > > > > I finally managed to identify the cause of the errors.The problem, > > as I see it, is with the way in which the hotbackupscript.sql is > > being created. > > The host rsync command inside that file is being split into 2 lines > > instead of appearing in a single line.Just to be sure, I edited > > the file to make the first couple of commands appear in a single > > line and tested by running it manually from SQL prompt, and the > > script executes successfully! > > > > This is how the commands appear in the hotbackupscript.sql file: > > > > host rm -f /var/oracle/backup/* > > ALTER TABLESPACE ATGINT BEGIN BACKUP; > > host rsync -vcW > > /home/dbusr/app/dbusr/product/11.1.0/db_1/dbs/ATGINT.dbf > > /var/oracle/backup/ > > ALTER TABLESPACE ATGINT END BACKUP; > > ALTER TABLESPACE ATL_CONTENT_DATA BEGIN BACKUP; > > host rsync -vcW /home/dbusr/app/dbusr/oradata/orcl/ATL_CONTENT_DATA > > /var/oracle/backup/ > > ALTER TABLESPACE ATL_CONTENT_DATA END BACKUP; > > ALTER TABLESPACE ATL_CONTROL_DATA BEGIN BACKUP; > > host rsync -vcW /home/dbusr/app/dbusr/oradata/orcl/ATL_CONTROL_DATA > > /var/oracle/backup/ > > ALTER TABLESPACE ATL_CONTROL_DATA END BACKUP; > > ALTER TABLESPACE AT_CATA BEGIN BACKUP; > > host rsync -vcW > > /home/dbusr/app/dbusr/product/11.1.0/db_1/dbs/atcata.dbf > > /var/oracle/backup/ > > ALTER TABLESPACE AT_CATA END BACKUP; > > ALTER TABLESPACE AT_CATB BEGIN BACKUP; > > host rsync -vcW > > /home/dbusr/app/dbusr/product/11.1.0/db_1/dbs/atcatb.dbf > > /var/oracle/backup/ > > > > > > I tried different combinations of placing the quotes in the relevant > > line of runhotbackup.sql(with spaces, without space etc), but no > > matter > > how I try, am not able to have the hotbackupscript.sql file > > generated in the right format(i,e having the rsync command in a > > single line).Any > > help here would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks again for guiding me thus far !! > > > > NK Mogaroy > > > > Sqlplus works with a linelength that, by default, is 80 characters. > This looks like the reason for the text being split. > > Try adding the following line to the top of the hotbackup sql script: > > set linesize 500 > > If 500 is not wide enough, you can increase the value still further, > up to several thousand if necessary. > > As you can see from the following code snippet (prints a line of 90 > stars, both with a line size of 80 and then 500), this will resolve > your issue: > > Code: > set linesize 80 > begin > dbms_output.put_line(LPAD('*', 90, '*')); > end; > / > set linesize 500 > begin > dbms_output.put_line(LPAD('*', 90, '*')); > end; > / > > Output: > SQL> set linesize 80 > SQL> begin > SQL> dbms_output.put_line(LPAD('*', 90, '*')); > SQL> end; > SQL> / > ******************************************************************************** > ********** > > PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. > > SQL> set linesize 500 > SQL> begin > SQL> dbms_output.put_line(LPAD('*', 90, '*')); > SQL> end; > SQL> / > ****************************************************************************************** > > PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. > > Note that email line wrapping may bork that output a bit in > transmission, but you should also be able to see that the second set > of stars is on fewer lines than the first. Try it in your own > sqlplus session to see the difference for yourself! > > I would add an extra couple of points of interest here: > > 1. You may wish to consider adding: > > set trimspool on > > at the top as, by default, each line is padded to the line width, > making for a much bigger file. > > 2. If you have a lot of files and tablespaces to process, it is > possible that the buffer size of 20000 set up at the top (in the > call to dbms_output.enable(20000)) is not big enough. I would > suggest increasing this value to 2 million, which is the maximum > value allowed. I've also go no idea why this is run as a separate > exec call at the top, rather than as the first line of the pl/sql > script! > > If I can find how to register as a wiki contributor, I'll update the > page, otherwise somebody else may wish to take on these minor > modifications? > -- > Mike Holden > > http://www.by-ang.com - the place to shop > for all manner of hand crafted items, > including Jewellery, Greetings Cards and Gifts > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users < at > lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Got it working finally !! Thanks Mike, for the detailed explanation, and also for updating the wiki. It will definitely save a lot of trouble for anyone intending to backup oracle with bacula using the steps mentioned in the earlier version of the wiki. Thanks to the original author too ! Regards, NK Mogaroy +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by moga...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users