What is Partial Backup ?

A   Partial  Backup  is any operating system backup short of a full backup, taken while the database is open or shut down.

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Lalit Vasuja

  • Jan 3rd, 2006
 

A partial backup is an operating system backup of part of a database. The backup of an individual tablespace's datafiles or the backup of a control file are examples of partial backups. Partial backups are useful only when the database is in ARCHIVELOG mode.

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