Hello,

I have to back up our oracle database, and honestly speaking i have no clue about it. I have been reading online and getting information but it is only confusing me more. People are talking about archivelog mode and stuff which i don't know anything about.

What do i have to do step by step to back up an oracle database. Also, i would like it to be an automated task if it is possible.

Can i just copy and paste .dbf, ctl files in a different location? will that be considered as backup? Can i restore a database from these files?

I am really not sure!

Thanks a lot in advance.

J