Con: IIRC, the restore must be initiated from the client?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Paul



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Jerry
> Sent: May 11, 2005 4:39 PM
> To: Hindle, Greg; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] SQL agent any pros and cons?
> 
> 
> Here's my "paper" (quick version):
> 
> Pros:
> * Saves disk space.  Backups up right to tape.
> * Faster. One step, write to tape.
> * Calls the same APIs the SQL backup does when it goes
> to file.
> 
> Cons:
> * Cost Money
> * Funky interface/setup
>    * jobs show up twice for every one job.  There is a
> job that kicks off another job that communicates back
> to the server (dbbackex I believe is the binary).
> 
> --- "Hindle, Greg" <Greg.Hindle AT constellation DOT com>
> wrote:
> > My boss wants me to write up a paper with the pro's
> > and cons of using
> > the Netbackup SQL agent. Has anyone out there done
> > this? Any help or
> > suggestions would be very helpful. We currently have
> > SQL dump to a flat
> > file and we then back this up to tape but he wants
> > to know if this is
> > better or should we be using the SQL backup agent
> > instead....
> >  
> >  
> > Greg
> >  
> > 
> > 
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