Sudhakar,
Yes, I think you can. Check into using 'dd' command. It can convert a
'cooked' file to a raw device. You can off line the tablespace, copy the
data file using 'dd' and then rename the old file to the new raw device.
However, I would suggest you test it out with a test database to make sure
you won't need to use any special options of 'dd', such as count (number of
blocks) and input/output blocksizes etc..

Good Luck,

Regards.

- Kirti Deshpande
Verizon Information Services
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sudhakar garlanka [SMTP:[Email Address Removed] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:29 PM
> To: LazyDBA.com Discussion
> Subject: Can I move datafiles from UFS onto a Unix raw device
>
> Hi,
>
> I have 3 datafiles (xxx.dbf) on a Unix file system. Now I got to relocate
>
> them to a new raw device. Is there a easy way I can do that other than
> dropping and recreating the schema objects residing on those datafiles.
>
> thanks
> -SG
>
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