UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi

I need to restore an oracle backup from production in a test x86 Solaris 10 box . But the space is limited and does not have enough to hold both the backup as well as database . Hence , I am thinking of mapping a network drive from another x86 Solaris 10.

Pls let me know if it is possible ? Also since I have the basic Solaris 10 s/w , pls let me know if I need to install additional packages for it


Thanks

In UNIX you can NFS mount the directory from the server to the client.
Consult the man pages for setting up the NFS server and mounting to the client.

You don't tell us what format the backup is in, but if it's a file that you need to read from, then you can go with the suggestion from blackrageous above, subject to firewall rules and any restrictions you may have as policy.

As an alternate, you could use rsh/resh/remsh or ssh to feed your file through. We didn't have space to even write the exports on some of our huge databases, so we had a process to do the export & import together across the network. Of course, you have to set up that instead, so it's not easy. It is a workable alternative though.



Robin

Thank you all. I will try the solution provided and see if it works.