Good question…. As we do it
the same as you.
We also have other high profile
databases and we do (hot?) backups to disk (don’t take the database down)
and then backup that backup file to tape.
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Wilcox,
Donald A (GE, Research)
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 1:23 PM
To: Don Peterson; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Sharing a library
All,
I am currently looking for info on backing up MS SQL boxes
and wondered if the agent actually does any type of snapshotting or are there
scripts that have to pause the database and then the backup begins? We
currently have local scripts in place that put the database in a mainteneance
mode and copies data to a data directory. Then the script starts up the
database and our Netbackup server comes in and does a regular backup of the
box, which includes the data directory. Why would I spend money for an
agent when we get backups with this method?
Donald
Wilcox
1 Research
Circle (KWC124B)
Niskayuna, New
York 12309
Email:
wilcox AT ge DOT com
Office: 518
387-6856
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Don
Peterson
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:54 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Sharing a library
Harry,
The way to prevent NBU from
inventorying all media is to use Inventory Filtering. This was covered at the
end of the STK ACS appendix in the NBU 6.0 Media Manager Sys Admin Guide, and
this information was apparently rolled into Volume 1 of the NBU Sys Admin Guide
in NBU 6.5, but I can’t find it. So, depending on whether you are running
Windows or Unix, take a look at the end of that Appendix in the appropriate 6.0
Media Manager Sys Admin Guide.
Here is a link to the
Windows guide:
ftp://exftpp.symantec.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/279268.pdf
and a link to the UNIX
guide:
ftp://exftpp.symantec.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/279267.pdf
Don
Peterson
Principal
Product Manager, NetBackup
Information
Management Group
Symantec
Corporation
www.symantec.com
Email:
don_peterson AT symantec DOT com