RE: Netbackup [#2]

well this is old topic. but wanted to correct a few things.

Backup exec can delete(purge) archive logs based on date. Create purge jobs and see to it that directories (junction points are preserved if all files from a directory are deleted). you dont hv to write a windows script to do this.

As far as netbackup agent is concerned, it is used alongwith ebu/rman to backup/restore files, so it is needed for oracle hot backups. for colds it is optional. if you want cold w/o agent then you could write a script to shutdown and then use bpbackup to send the oracle files to tape.

btw i havnt found a purge job feature in netbackup.

-Mandar

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yechiel Adar [mailto:adar76_at_inter.net.il]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:43 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Netbackup [#2]
>
>
> Since no one else replied I will give you my experience:
> (Backupexec for oracle 816 on NT/2000)
>
> We are working with it and got backup speed up to 300MB per minute.
>
> There are some limitations:
>
> 1) Backupexec does not delete archive logs.
> We wrote a script that marked all existing archive logs
> before starting the
> backup and delete all the marked logs after the backup.
>
> 2) When restoring to a different machine, Backupexec creates
> a folder for
> each tablespace and restore the datafiles to this folder. You
> need to move
> the datafiles to their place in order to start the database.
>
> 3) Backupexec does not do recovery. You need to restore the
> archive logs
> that you think you need and then do recovery yourself.
>
> Yechiel Adar
> Mehish
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>
> Is no-one out there using NetBackup???.
>
> Without wishing to sound rude I'll assume a non-response indicates an
> affirmative to that OR that you're all too busy to voice an opinion ;)
>
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>
> Howdy Folks,
>
> Would appreciate feedback on experiences, positive :) or
> negative :(, folk
> have had using Veritas NetBackup product for DB recovery,
> especially in DR
> scenarios. There is an Oracle agent but so far all it
> appears to me to be
> is a glorious scheduler of your own RMAN scripted jobs!. Feedback on
> features I may have "missed" with agent would also be appreciated.
>
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