Re: [Veritas-bu] How do I backup thee, Let me count the ways .

EMC Symmetrix “BCV” (disk to disk within same frame) and SRDF (disk from one frame to disk in another).

Standby Database – create duplicate of your DB on another server – automatically copy the archive logs from PROD to Standby server and run the logs there on a scheduled basis to keep that DB as near up to date with the source DB as possible. At one job we did this – archive logs copied immediately but there was a 6 hour hold before applying – just in case whatever crapped out PROD made it to the logs we’d have time to stop it form applying the bad one.

RMAN – Uses DB repository to backup oracle DBs going to any of the other methods supported by your backup software.

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Here are some of the options that I thought of for starters ... can anyone add to the list?

Traditional direct to tape backup via media server
Direct to tape via SAN media server/client
Snapshot
Mirrored disk
Proprietary application backup to flat file first
Database exports to disk first
Agent based hot backups
D2D2T or VTL type solutions

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