ADSM-L

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2015-10-04 17:47:38
We are doing nightly on-line backups (with SAP's BRBACKUP and IBM's BACKINT)
-- but we want a good off-line clean-point at least once a week. If nothing
else, some of the maintenance the DBAs do on the weekend invalidates the
else, some of the maintenance the DBAs do on the weekend invalidates the
on-line backups.

Tom Kauffman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Cross [SMTP:Robert.Cross AT SCOTTISH-NEWCASTLE.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 4:55 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: How do you handle time-critical backups?
>
> >How do I avoid this problem in the future? Is there *any* platform which
> >supports dual-write or mirrored tape (I could do this on GCOS-3 15 years
> ago
> >. . .)?
>
> What about the IBM3494? Our unit has two drives and so we get two copies
> of our
> ADSM backups. Problem is that it doesn't stop garbage-in, garbage-out only
> mitigates
> against media failure.
>
> Wouldn't a better approach be to get the Oracle agent and use that for
> doing
> *on-line*
> backups through the week? At least that way you've got more time points to
> choose
> from for your restore.
>
> Just a few small thoughts....
>
> Bob Cross.

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