Re: Backup software for Oracle, NT, and Exchange

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.
>
> 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.

DataTools at http://www.datatools.com has a decent backup product called SQL-BackTrack for Oracle. It works on multiple UNIX platforms and was recently released on NT. They also support Sybase and Informix, and will soon be supporting Microsoft SQL-Server.

In general I have been pleased with it’s backup and restore. Backups can be configured disk-to-disk, disk-to-tape, multi-stream, hot, cold, archive, etc., etc. The disk-to-tape option works well but will not handle jukebox tape libraries. If you wish to use a one they have provided a Open Backup Stream Interface (OBSI) that other tape management products can hook into. The OBSI option is supported by Legato, SyncSort, and several other vendors.

And yes, I have done a complete (datafiles, controlfiles, redos, archives, init.ora) restore of a 50g database from a hot backup.

mailto:brian.maclean_at_teldta.com Received on Fri Jul 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT