also i have started to hear about ESS where i'll have to take flashcopy into 
consideration and Server free backupss ................ 
uuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!

Will be bugging you guys on this too later .. i wish after 1 week or so !! and 
not earlier !

Sandra !

Sandra wrote:

> yes you are right !! and not only that .. but also Lotus .. just about to 
> post one question on the policy .. i am confusd in policy for retention.
>
> Right now .. i want to just take backups of the backups taken by their 
> application. LAter on i will automate using TSM.
>
> Can anyone kindly give me the knowledge as to what folders should i exclude 
> from backup if:
> 1- I have bd2 database backup with me.
> 2- System state backup with me.
> 3- I want to restore complete system with DB2, with DB2 database backup ONLY 
> availbale with me in a file.
> 4- What folders/files should i exclude from backup using BA Client, so that i 
> don't mess up with open databases.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Sandra
>
> Steve Harris wrote:
>
> > Sandra,
> >
> > You really have jumped in at the deep end haven't you?  DB2, Oracle, 
> > offsite all at once.
> > There is no need to shy away from DB2.  Its interface is reasonably 
> > straightforward, and there is a redbook to tell you exactly how to set it 
> > up.
> >
> > http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246247.html?Open
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > >>> sadi AT SUPER.NET DOT PK 02/11/2004 5:39:28 >>>
> > Dear All,
> > Since we don't have any DB2 Administrator therefore I am not going into 
> > taking
> > online backups of DB2. The application that is using DB2 taking DB2 backups 
> > by
> > first shutting doen the database and then taking backups using DB2 commands 
> > and
> > then starting the database. They keep this backedup database with them on 
> > tapes
> > and then rotation of tapes start.
> >
> > Now I am going to automate only this backedup database by taking incremental
> > backups only.
> >
> > Question:
> > For Database "A", what folders should I exclude so that I get all the
> > configuration of DB2 and then restoring database from those backups.
> > Do I have to shutdown DB2 before I take incremental backups of entire WINNT
> > machine?????
> >
> > How about open file support on NT since there is no wizard to configure open
> > file support, and not even an option to select for image etc.?????
> >
> > Please advise and Help !
> > Kind Regards,
> > Sandra
> >
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