Re: Backup software for Oracle, NT, and Exchange

You should also try Legato's Networker. They have an NT hosted solution as well as UNIX.

Try their web page at: http://www.legato.com

James Hutchinson <jameswork_at_hutch.org> wrote in article <33F0CB6C.43E0_at_hutch.org>...
> Christopher Hodges wrote:
> >
> > Marco Foss wrote:
> >
> > > In article <33d79707.12248841_at_nntp2.ba.best.com>, jwu_at_ezaccess.com
> > > says...
> > > >
> > > > Hi! I was wondering if anyone would care to share their opnions on
 a  

> > > > good backup package to use for backing up Oracle, NT, and Exchange.
> > > > We're currently using Backup Exec, but I'm a bit disappointed with
> > > > their tape management capabilities and file database. On the
 bright  

> > > > side, it works reliably, which is the number one concern with
 backups.
> > > > We also have ARCserve. Maybe we're doing something wrong with it,
 but
> > > > it doesn't seem to be all that reliable on restores.
> >
> > We have been using NetBackup from Veritas (used to be OpenVision
> > Software). They have a good package to do hot backups of Oracle and
> > Sybase in Unix. It uses enhanced Gnu tar, so you don't need NetBackup
> > to restore in an emergency. I don't know when their Oracle/NT backup
> > capability will be available, but they are already good at NT
 filesystem
> > and registry backups ... --
>
> NetBackup is indeed a great package, and after a series of evaluations
> of multiple products, we selected it as our global standard at Swiss
> Bank. It is also fully supported under NT. Important to not that it
> does not use a modified version of GNU tar. It can create a tar
> compatible tape, but to do that you loose the ability to stream multiple
> clients together. As we are using DLT7000 drives and getting a good 4+
> MB/s from each drive, the ability to multiplex 4 or more clients
> together to keep up with the drives ability is important. Have not
> tested the Oracle modules, but the Sybase modules work very well. Its
> concept of distributed servers, having one Master that manages all of
> the tables, databases, devices, etc, and several Slave servers that
> actually backup the data works well in most environments as well.
> Example is here we feed all of the backup logs, indexes, etc to a large
> unix based Master server and then split the backup duties (data to tape)
> amoung several Slave servers, including a NT slave for NT hosts to talk
> to.
>
> James
>
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Received on Wed Aug 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT