Safest way to copy files??

[CBuxton]

I'm about to undertake a project to upgrade the hard drives on my Oracle database server. Just wondered what thoughts everybody had on the safest way to do this. Currently the server has 3x4.5GB drives in RAID 5. I would like to replace them with 3x9.2GB drives. Would my best option be to ghost the drives to an image, replace and then put the image down? I would rather not have to reinstall the software because the version of Oracle we run is a "vendor modified" version. To get the software I had to ship them the server to do the install the first time, so I don't know anything about how the install runs. Thanks for any help or ideas!

 

[CBuxton]

Nobody wants to take a swing at this?

 

[BoberFett]

I really don't know anything about Oracle specifically, but if it's anything like other RDBMSs, just follow the standard shut down and backup procedure. Then replace the drive array and restore it. If nothing else, you can always just stick the old drives back in the array.

 

[Deslok]

OK, I only know SQL Server 6.5/7 ( 2000 soon )
If Oracle is similar
detach_db/attach_db is easier.
Just my opinion.