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[Veritas-bu] Can you do a catalog backup while backups are ru nning? How about a VAULT of the database backup?

2002-05-10 18:54:04
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can you do a catalog backup while backups are ru nning? How about a VAULT of the database backup?
From: Steve.White AT PacifiCorp DOT com (White, Steve)
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:54:04 -0700
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Yes, you can run a catalog backup while other backups are running.  It will
simply not have valid images for the backups that are "in flight" while the
catalog backup runs.

And BPVAULT makes a new catalog backup to send offsite, it does not copy
your existing tape.

Steve White


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Hazel [mailto:geoffh AT us.ibm DOT com]
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:34 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can you do a catalog backup while backups are
running? How about a VAULT of the database backup?


I'd like to do a catalog backup during the day so I can send a current
vault copy off-site.  Sometimes we have some laggard backup jobs that for
some reason or other are still not done, and may not finish for hours
(yeah, it would be great to fix THAT problem but that's not in the cards
today).

Anyway, can I do a catalog backup NOW, even with a couple of jobs running?
I don't really care if those jobs make it into the jobs database or not,
but I would be concerned if doing a backup with active jobs might corrupt
my backup (or, worse yet, my active database!) so it was worthless once
restored.  In that case, I'll either kill the jobs or wait.

Actually, what I REALLY want to do is run the vault session for my master
server, which takes a copy of the most current backup of the master and
does a database vault as well. Is that vault a COPY of the last database
backup, or is a CURRENT database backup?


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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Yes, you can run a catalog backup while other backups are=
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>And BPVAULT makes a new catalog backup to send offsite, i=
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Steve White</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Geoffrey Hazel [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:geoffh AT us.ibm DOT com">mailto:geoffh AT us.ibm DOT 
com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:34 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can you do a catalog backup while =
backups are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>running? How about a VAULT of the database backup?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I'd like to do a catalog backup during the day so I can =
send a current</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>vault copy off-site.&nbsp; Sometimes we have some laggar=
d=
 backup jobs that for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>some reason or other are still not done, and may not =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(yeah, it would be great to fix THAT problem but that's =
not in the cards</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>today).</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Anyway, can I do a catalog backup NOW, even with a couple=
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of jobs running?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I don't really care if those jobs make it into the jobs =
database or not,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>but I would be concerned if doing a backup with active =
jobs might corrupt</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>my backup (or, worse yet, my active database!) so it was=
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worthless once</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>restored.&nbsp; In that case, I'll either kill the jobs =
or wait.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Actually, what I REALLY want to do is run the vault =
session for my master</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>server, which takes a copy of the most current backup of=
 =
the master and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>does a database vault as well. Is that vault a COPY of =
the last database</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>backup, or is a CURRENT database backup?</FONT>
</P>
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