1) In Oracle8 Backup and Recovery, it says to back up archived log files created during the hot backup.
Many scripts I've seen for hot backups don't include this. Is it necessary ?
How would I generate a script to backup just these log files ?

2) I know that if I have a hot backup, I don't technically need the old archived log files, but that assumes the latest hot backup is valid. What are the recommendations for backing up old archived log files? This doesn't appear to be mentioned as part of normal backup procedures.

Thanks