Hi All, I have a small issue here : Backup of one of the server is getting partially successfull Master : Solaris 10 , netbackup 6.5.4 Client : window 2003 , netbackup 6.5.4 Here the files
Author: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:52:32 -0400 (EDT)
Hi, MDF is a SQL Server Express DB file, you will have problems backing them up if they keep changing when you back them up. Usually you need a connector to backup databases. Justin. ________________
Thanks for replying... Hovewer, i'm kinda illetrate in this...can you elaborate "you need a connector to backup databases" Can't these filed be backed up via open file file backup (VSS/VSP) Reg
Hovewer, i'm kinda illetrate in this...can you elaborate "you need a connector to backup databases" Can't these filed be backed up via open file file backup (VSS/VSP) No database can ever be back
You cannot backup a live databse and these are the sql database You have two options Buy the netbackup sql database agent to back them up Or as I do The sql adin has set up a backup dir He then sched
[re: the usual Windows SQL Server MDF and LDF files in use] Not sure you can back them up even _with_ Windows open file backup methods--try backing up the perflib stuff. Microsoft seems to lock these
Author: "Martin, Jonathan" <JMARTI05 AT intersil DOT com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:03:52 -0400
Didn’t Curtis’ book include some information on backing up databases without the database agent? I was waiting for the plug. =P -Jonathan From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DO
Author: "Whelan, Patrick" <patrick.whelan AT lloydsbanking DOT com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:24:47 -0500
It's not a matter of whether you can or can not backup an open file, it's the type of open file that you are backing up. If it is a database file and the database isn't aware that you are backing up
Author: "Lightner, Jeff" <jlightner AT water DOT com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:36:33 -0400
I don’t know how it works on Windows since we use the SQL agents but on UNIX/Linux you can backup database files from the filesystem so long as the database is down at the time you do it. You c
Author: "WEAVER, Simon \(external\)" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:48:18 -0500
You can take SQL down (stop the services) - run backup to perform a "file level" backup, but when you got a 24 x 7 environment, this is not practical. Best method is to get your SQL Admin to backup t
Author: "Lightner, Jeff" <jlightner AT water DOT com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:52:23 -0400
Right – wasn’t saying it was the best way to do things – just that it could be done. Here we actually do backups of filesystem mounts of BCV copies of our main Production (Oracle) D
Author: "Whelan, Patrick" <patrick.whelan AT lloydsbanking DOT com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:21:34 -0500
The keyword in your statement is "down". You can backup any database that is down, their just regular files. It's while the database is running that the problem arises. Regards, Patrick Whelan NetBac
Author: "Dustin Damour" <dustind AT plateautel DOT com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:45:18 -0600
I think the technical terms for this is Cold Backup which requires the database to be stopped before backup. Hot Backup is when there is an agent or some other software that doesn’t shut down t
I think the technical terms for this is Cold Backup which requires the database to be stopped before backup. Hot Backup is when there is an agent or some other software that doesnt shut down the da