John R. Jackson on Sat 25/01 12:47 -0500:
> >I would like to use the Amanda Software in order to make 
> >backup of some oracle's tables. Is it possible? Is it 
> >good?
> 
> We back up several Oracle databases (and have even had to restore :-).
> The trick is to run a script just before the amdump run that:

It seems to also work to take do a fs or device snapshot before the
backup.  I.e. it's the same as hitting the power button on a running
Oracle server...any bogus transactions are rolled back by Oracle if
needed.