To install, follow the easy 1-2-3 steps: 1. Create an install directory for export backup <...>/ora_export. under ora_export, create following sub-directories: script etc operlog operlog/ temp temp/ Where SID is the actual ORACLE_SID name. If you have multiple SIDs, then just create them under operlog and temp. 2. Copy the export backup script oraexport.ksh under script. chmod 755 script/oraexport.ksh. 3. Copy the sample configuration file "oraexport_STAR.cf" to etc/oraexport_SID.cf. If you have multiple SIDs, then just create multiple files. Edit the oraexport_SID.cf per comments in the sample file. To run: To run the export backup, enter the command: script/oraexport.ksh SID