Shrinking a database after a cut-down

Hi all,
I have the scenerio below, any hints tips most welcome ...
- we are using oracle 9.2.0.1
- get a copy of a production database 80gb and put into another db
- run a cutdown script that culls about 70% of the data, for purposes of use as test databasese
What steps do we need to take to shrink this database now. I recalled an export and a import (with some option), then an export and then another reimport.
We need to shrink the tables that have had data removed as well as shrink the tablespaces (data files?). The resulting database will have a very small growth factor.
Is there a relatively easy way to achieve this?
Thanks for any advice.

When data is removed randomly from the database there is going to be freagmentation. The best way to avoid this is
1) Create one temporary tablespace tempdata
2) For each tablespace
move all objects to the tempdata tablespace
calculate the total size of the objects in tempdata
drop and recreate the tablespace with the required size
move the objects from tempdata
3) Repeat step 2 fro all tablespaces

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Did you remember to do this?
If not, mount the partition(s) starting with the root partition first, chroot into it, edit that file and re-generate the initramfs. Then reboot with the reboot command, don't forcefully shut it down using the power button or something like that.
It could also be a BIOS issue. Restore its defaults, set "Removable Dev." first, "CD-ROM" second (if you have an optical drive), "Internal Storage" third. Then select the USB stick as the first to boot in the boot priority screen.
Last edited by DSpider (2012-10-12 07:07:30)

MacBook Pro freezes after clicking 'Shut Down' and won't remember 9600M GT

After choosing 'Shut Down' from the Apple menu my MacBook Pro (1998, 5,1 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo) freezes and the Grey Screen of Death appears.
Strangely this only happens when I'm using the lower-power GeForce 9400M graphics card. When I use the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card my MacBook Pro wil shut down normally.
Ever since upgrading my system to Mac OS X 10.6.3 this problem occurs. But since then also other problems arose. After installing Safari 5 my MacBook didn't boot, and I had to zap the PRAM to get the system booting again. Since then my system won't save the 9600M GT setting in the Energy Saving panel. I can logout from the 9600M and login to the 9600M GT, but after a reboot it switches back to the 9600M card.
Today I did a combo update to Mac OS X 10.6.4, but all the problems still occur. Also I did maintenance tasks with 'Cocktail' and 'Maintenance', but that didn't help either.
Also sometimes after choosing the GeForce 9600M GT graphics card, OS X logs out and hangs in the blue screen instead of displaying the login screen.
I hope someone can help me out with this!

Unfortunately the problem reoccured, alltought less. The last weeks my MacBook froze two times.
The report I send to Apple contains the following:
... Sat Jul 17 12:42:23 2010
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x124fc5b): "AGC GPU REGISTER RESTORE FAILED : rdar://7254528"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-2.8.63/k ext/AGCPowerManagement.cpp:849
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)...
Anyone a clue how to solve this problem? Thanks!

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