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Oracle: noarchivelog mode physical backup
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:Title:        Oracle: noarchivelog mode physical backup
:Author:       Douglas O'Leary <dkoleary@olearycomputers.com>
:Description:  Oracle: noarchivelog mode physical backup
:Date created: 07/20/2010
:Date updated: 07/20/2010
:Disclaimer:   Standard: Use the information that follows at your own risk.  If you screw up a system, don't blame it on me...

Process to follow to create a cold backup of an oracle database in 
noarchivelog mode

#.  Shutdown the database
#.  Copy all database datafiles, control files, and online redo logs
#.  Restart the database

Pretty straight forward. Obvious drawbacks are no online backups and no 
point in time backups - unless you consider when the backup was done as the 
point in time...