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Upgrade Using a Database Backup

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From this chapter’s title you might be thinking that you need to take a backup prior to upgrading or migrating, but where will the backup be used in the upgrade? Your second question may be about why you need to upgrade with a backup when the database is available? In this chapter, you’ll dig into the answers to these questions, including why and when backups are required when upgrading.

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© 2017 Y V Ravikumar, K M Krishnakumar and Nassyam Basha

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Ravikumar, Y.V., Krishnakumar, K.M., Basha, N. (2017). Upgrade Using a Database Backup. In: Oracle Database Upgrade and Migration Methods. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2328-4_4

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