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We have an application with a unique backup/restore requirement.
Simply, when a backup is taken - it must be a "true image" of the system. Subsequently, when a restore is performed, it must be an -exact- image of the restore - nothing "extra".
In other words, any files on the target which do not belong, (which were not on the target at the time of the backup) cannot remain after the restore is performed.
We looked at "TIR" - but there is a bold statement that says "extra" files are not removed - so this doesn't appear as though it will work for us.
Here are specifics on the app:
It's called "TeamSite", and the vendor has provided very stringent instructions (though no tool) as to how "to" and "not to" backup the data.
One would issue a quiesce command "iwfreeze", take a full backup of the system, then issue the "iwfreeze -" to turn the app loose again.
Other than wiping out the data prior to performing a restore from a full backup, we're at a loss to a "better" solution. It appears as though this application's DB will become "corrupt" if there are "extra" files, so it's critical that the system be recovered to the exact state it was at the time of queisce.
Does anyone else have any experience with this application? If so - how have you worked around these requirements?
Pete Schmidt
Northwestern Mutual Life
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