What is a Datapump?

Datapump is a server based bulk data movement infrastructure that supersedes the old import and export utilities. The old export/import tools are still available, but do not support all Oracle 10g, 11g and 12c features. The new utilities are named expdp and impdp.

What is the difference between traditional export and Datapump?

Traditional export can access files in client and server both (not using ORACLE directories). Exports (exp/imp) represent database metadata information as DDLs in the dump file, but in datapump, it represents in XML document format. Datapump has parallel execution but in exp/imp single stream execution.

What is Expdp and Impdp?

Oracle Data Pump – expdp, impdp It’s an upgrade to old export and import utility. The Data Pump utility has been built from scratch and it has a completely different architecture. Create Data Pump Directory. Table Export and Import. Schema Export and Import.

What is difference between EXP IMP and Datapump in Oracle?

Exports (exp/imp) represent database metadata information as DDLs in the dump file, but in datapump, it represents in XML document format. Datapump has parallel execution but in exp/imp single stream execution. Datapump does not support sequential media like tapes, but traditional export supports.

What is Oracle Impdp?

Note: Data Pump Import (invoked with the impdp command) is a new utility as of Oracle Database 10g. Although its functionality and its parameters are similar to those of the original Import utility ( imp ), they are completely separate utilities and their files are not compatible.

What is a dump file in Oracle?

Oracle dump file (. DMP) is a binary storage used by Oracle users and database administrators to backup data. Oracle distribution pack includes the standard tool EXP for this purpose. The problem is that Oracle dump file is a “black box” and there is no way to extract data from such files except the standard IMP tool.

What is the difference between Active Data Guard and Data Guard?

The main difference between Oracle Data Guard and Active Data Guard is that Oracle Data Guard is an extension to the Oracle RDBMS that provides data availability and protection while Active Data Guard is an extension of Oracle Data Guard that improves the production database performance for critical transactions.