===== orabackup =====

This script does an online backup of an Oracle database instance.

This script (orabackup.pl) makes an online backup of an Oracle instance 
and writes:

  * all datafiles, 
  * a control file (binary and readable),
  * the initSID.ora (derived from the therefore required spfile),
  * tnsnames.ora, listener.ora and sqlnet.ora (from ORACLE_HOME/network/admin)

to the backup destination given in the configuration file and 
finally switches to the next redo log.

This script is run by a calling script, typically "nightly", 
that is normally started once a day by the cron daemon.

{|
! message
| If the script runs fine, it returns 'OK', else an error message. You should generate a ticket for any other value.
|-
! runtime
| The runtime of the script.
|-
! start-stop
| The start and stop timestamps for the script.
|-
! documentation
| Is 'transferring' when the complete documentation section of this script is transferred to the ULS.
|-
! script name, version
| The name and version of this script.
|-
! needed redo logs
| These redo logs are needed for a recovery.
|}

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