RE: Backup Solutions

The product is great, but since being purchased by BMC, the support for SQL-Backtrack has not just gone downhill, it has fallen off a cliff.

Jared

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Brian MacLean wrote:

> It will do a self discovery of any db you ask it to, and will rediscover
> said db each time you back it up there-after.
>
> Cost is around +-5k for a 50g db, maybe +-10k for a 100g db. All things
> are negotiable based on volume, etc.
>
> Features:
> Various DB's to include Oracle;
> Most UNIX's and NT;
> Parallel backup threads;
> Supports Oracle Parallel Server;
> Backup to disk, tape, or tape juke box (via OBSI to a juke box
> manager);
> On the fly compression of backups;
> Aging / Retention;
> An almost auto recovery 99% of the time (ask it to recover a db, it
> check it, reports what it is going to do, and you hit enter to okay it);
> Allows for Export, Hot, Cold, Control File, Init.Ora, and Archive
> backups;
> Understands the oracle block structure so you can do things like:
> Single table extraction from a hot/cold backup;
> Fast begin/end tablespace hot backups;
> Incremental backups;
> Allows you to test recovery from backups without actually overlaying
> anything;
> Supports raw disk (again the Oracle Parallel Server);
>
>
>
> Blah, Blah, Blah (I should get paid for writing this, or at least a free
> t-shirt or something).
>
>
>
> Brian P. Mac Lean
> Senior Oracle Database Administrator
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 8:05 AM
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>
>
> Brian,
> Thanks for the reply.
> I am definitely interested. I have couple of more questions:
> Are they easy to set up?
> How much does it cost?
>
> Thanks again
>
> David
>
> >From: Brian MacLean <bmaclean_at_homebid.com>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: RE: Backup Solutions
> >Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:56:25 -0800
> >
> >One product, multiple platforms, multiple DB's, and in my opinion the best
> >solution is SQL-BackTrack. I've played with EBU, RMAN, and KSH to do
> >backups and I always come back to it. If you need more info call me.
> >
> >http://www.bmc.com/products/prod_directory.html#S
> >
> >http://www.bmc.com/products/proddocview.html?id=1059&r=Americas&l=en
> >
> >
> >If you need more info call me.
> >
> >Brian P. Mac Lean
> >Senior Oracle Database Administrator
> >OCPv8/Oracle Master
> >HomeBid.Com
> >8700 N. Gainey Center Drive
> >Scottsdale, AZ 85258
> >Tel:480.609.4624
> >Cel:602.617.6075
> >Fax:480.609.4646
> >Net:brian.maclean_at_homebid.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:31 AM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >Howdy,
> >We are looking for a good exterprise database backup strategy. Our shop
> >is fairly new and new databases are set up on a monthly basis and they
> >are growing rapidly. Right now we are using shell scripts to schedule
> >backups and I am not sure if this is a good long-term solution for us
> >because we have to set it up for each database and it becomes a hassle
> >when you have to verfify the new backups. We need something more
> >centralized, easier to setup and verify.
> >So I just want to know what other DBAs are using to backup their data.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >David
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Jared Still
Certified Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ;-) Received on Fri Jun 30 2000 - 19:40:59 CDT