"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/11/2005
11:26:44 AM:

> On Feb 11, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Joe Crnjanski wrote:
>
> > Another simple question,
> >
> > HOW we can backup My SQL database.
> >
> > I have a customer with around 5GB MySQL database. Backup is over the
> > internet, so dump file backup is out of question.
>
> A not-so-simple answer...which is:
> "Hmmm... MySQL has an API, and TSM has an API, so an enterprising
> customer programmer could..."
>
> I'm kind of surprised to not heard of someone producing a "Customer
> Data Protection" client for MySQL, given the potential. There might be
> one out there.
>
>      Richard Sims



Well, there just happens to be a new draft redpiece on this topic.
"Backing Up Linux Databases with the TSM API"

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp3980.html?Open

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