What is a logical backup ?

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What is a logical backup ?..

Answer / chaudhry

Logical backup involves reading a set of databse records
and writing them into a file. Export utility is used for
taking backup and Import utility is used to recover from backup.

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What is a logical backup ?..

Answer / vivek

Logical backup is a process of extracting data in the form
of SQL statements,where it is useful to recover in case the
objects ate lost.The main drawback of this backup is that MEAN
TIME TO RECOVER is high.

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What is a logical backup ?..

Answer / brajendra arzare

Logical backups are backups in which the export utility
(for example exp) uses SQL to read database data and then
export it into a binary file at the operating system level.
We can then import the data back into a database using the
import utility (imp).

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