We're currently about 33GB. We also have client backups running while 
we do the database backup (minimal), and have accepted that we'd have
problems with those clients in a D/R type scenario. 

Would anyone care to comment on the pros/cons of how other vendors
accomplish this ? We used Legato NetWorker previously and they backup the
client's database entries (different levels of backup) after the client
has successfully been backed up. This "seems" to make the database backup
easier to handle (IMPO).

/Steve
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 RYAN_ANDERSON AT udlp DOT com wrote:

> Ouch, that's big. Had you ever thought of chunking up your master server into
> two masters? It really doesn't entail that much extra administration as long 
> as
> you keep scripts, OS versions, NBU patch levels, and procedures consistent
> across the two. That's what we are doing now.
> 
> RCA
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> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject:    [Veritas-bu] Database Backup
> Author: Brian_Drager AT vanguard DOT com
> Date:       9/21/2001 8:24 AM
> 
> Our NetBackup database file system is over 100GB. Is their a faster way of
> running database backup? WE can only run it once a week because we always have
> backups running. When we do the database backup it takes about 8 to 9 hours to
> complete after it does all the deletions of images etc.. WE are using NBU 3.4
> running on Solaris 2.8.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brian
> 
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