I have data and table structure on server B already.
I just need to reresh it.
Will not the import utility try to re-create all that for me ?
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Browse All TopicsWhat is the easiest way to do one time data refresh from an Oracle instance on server A to an instance on server B (Data, Users, Indexes, etc) ?
Both servers are on the same network.
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you basically carry tha data files for one instance to the other but i don t see how is that different from dropping the user and doing a full user import....transportable tablespaces are designed for transferring big data from one db to the other efficiently. as i understand you want to refresh your database with new data from the other instance, the way to do it is incremental exports but since you don't have the option to do it for one time in this situation, i say drop the user and do a user level import, if the db is big then consider transportable tablespaces, if the new data is small create a db link and do inserts....
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by: ttokerPosted on 2003-05-13 at 11:33:43ID: 8519154
export the data from server a using export utility, import it into server b using import utility
from the command prompt on server a:
exp username/password -- follow prompts choose users 2
put the dump file on server b, open up command prompt in server b:
imp username/password -- follow prompts