If the product's vendor is making a recommendation about how to back up (or
how not to back up) their product, it's probably a good idea to heed that
recommendation. You do not want to be in a position where you need to
restore, and the vendor can not help because you did not follow their
recommended backup procedure.
That said, it would be a good idea to ask the vendor why they make that
recommendation, so that you can evaluate its technical merits. In this
case, the vendor may have a very good reason for recomending against
incremental backups; on the other hand, perhaps they do not understand what
is meant by "incremental" backup, so again, a discussion as to why they
make the recommendation is a good idea, so that all parties understand the
issues.
Regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Tivoli Systems
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked."
"The command line is your friend"
sal Salak Juraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 04/26/2001 11:06:16 PM
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Subject: AW: DSM.OPT override question.
not a direct help for your OPT problem
but a general though about misconception
it has been caused by:
Much too often we speak - with our
vendors and bosses and customers as well -
about backup requirements.
NOBODY HAS ANY BACKUP REQUIREMENTS,
WE ALL DO ONLY HAVE RESTORE REQUIREMENTS.
The backup is only a way to accomplish it,
backup is only a tool and maybe a method,
but not our target.
If you happen to make your vendor understand this,
the chances are better he will not matter
what name of backup - incremental or selective - you use.
regards
Juraj Salak
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Von: Alan Davenport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 21:03
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Betreff: DSM.OPT override question.
One of our vendors insists that their product cannot be backed up
incrementally and insists a selective backup is required. We've
explained that a point in time restore is possible from incremental
backups however they still insist that is no good.
We've included their directory in our include/exclude list for the node
bound the the management class that has been set up especially for this
product's backups. The problem I'm having is that we have to use
preschedule/postschedule commands to shut down and restart the database
before/after the backups. We do not want to shut down the database for
the normal nightly incremental backup for the node.
I swear I read someplace that is possible to override the default
DSM.OPT file for a backup schedule for a command line but I cannot
remember where or how to do this. Can anyone help please?
I would like to have the dir in question excluded from the normal
incremental backup and for the selective backup include the needed
pre/post schedule commands and the directory in question with an include
statement.
Al
