How to migrate an Oracle database

Question

Sorry if my question has already been asked but I couldn't find how to make it.

I created an Oracle database in a server and I would like to generate a script in order to copy it to a different server. I would like to copy everything (tables, data, thriggers, sequences...)

Does anyone have a link on how to do this please ?

Thank you.

Answer 1

I googled oracle export and found this: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch01.htm

so the binary exp is what you are looking for to create a dump

Examples:

exp username/password

To invoke Export as SYSDBA, use the following syntax, adding any desired parameters or parameter filenames:

exp \'username/password AS SYSDBA\'

Optionally, you could also specify an instance name:

exp \'username/password@instance AS SYSDBA\'

After you have copied the export file, on the target server, use imp to import the dump. Here is the documentation for imp http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch02.htm#1005452

EDIT: As stated in the comments by Jeffrey Kemp, exp/imp is deprecated with oracle 10: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/oracle-data-pump-10g.php