Re: Backup software for Oracle, NT, and Exchange

I would suggest Legato Networker. We use it and it has some great tape management capabilities.

jwu_at_ezaccess.com (Jen-Mei Wu) wrote:

>
>Hi! I was wondering if anyone would care to share their opnions on a
>good backup package to use for backing up Oracle, NT, and Exchange.
>We're currently using Backup Exec, but I'm a bit disappointed with
>their tape management capabilities and file database. On the bright
>side, it works reliably, which is the number one concern with backups.
>We also have ARCserve. Maybe we're doing something wrong with it, but
>it doesn't seem to be all that reliable on restores.
>
>All of our backups of Oracle that we've been doing have been with the
>database shut down. I'm thinking of moving to hot backups, and I'm not
>sure how well Backup Exec can handle them, so I thought I'd ask. I
>thought now would also be a good time to ask about other backup
>programs that might be equally reliable that have better management
>features.
>
>In particular, I've heard that Legato provides a good backup program,
>but I have no experience with it. Anyone care to share their
>experiences/opinions?
>
>I'm also interested in backing up live Exchange databases.
>
>The one thing I'm most interested in hearing is how reliable restores
>are and if anyone has successfully recovered from a complete disaster
>with one of these (or even another) backup pacakages as part of the
>disaster recovery plan.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jen
Received on Fri Jul 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT