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Differences between Windows NT COPY and Oracle OCOPY When Doing Backups (Doc ID 139327.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 7.0.16.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)

Purpose

 A comparison of the differences between the Windows NT "copy" commnad, and the Oracle "ocopy" command. Which should be used during an online backup?

Scope

 DBAs with databases on the Windows NT platform.

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