On 16 May 2006 03:40:15 -0700, shuklam wrote:

> hi all,
> can anyone tell me the procedure to backup oracle database on unix
> platform?
>
> thanks in advance!

Here is one way from the guys who wrote unix backup and recovery...
http://www.backupcentral.com/oraback.html

There are LOTS of others.
Oracle will have chapters on this on their website, most of the major
backup software vendors will have their own methods, or you can hand craft
something yourself using rman to dump to a staging area and the backup tool
of your choice to copy the rman backup to tape.
Adam