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our professor gave us a linux VM with a Oracle XE 11g Database.

I want to transfer this Database to my Windows installation because I dont't want to boot up the VM for every exercise. Everything should be transferred. Users, Permissions, Procedures, Tables, Data, and so on.

How can I do this.

I already tried to use the "Backup Database" and "Restore Database" buttons but I don't know where the backup is placed and where I have to put the backup files on my windows machine.

Thanks...

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Booting up a VM doesn't cost too much... Why do you want to avoid it? Furthermore, the versions indicated don't match. – dezso Oct 12 '12 at 14:51

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You should be able to solve this with a full export and import of the database.

  • Run a full export of the database on the linux VM
  • Copy the dump file to your Windows machine
  • Do a full import to the database on the Windows machine.

I believe Oracle reccomends the use of Oracle Data Pump: expdp and impdp on Oracle 11g and up, rather than the traditional imp and exp tools.

Oracle Data Pump is well documented: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e16536/part_dp.htm

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