Kelly, Our Unidata database is backed up with TSM and as you've suggested the dbpause and dbresume are used to ensure a good backup. A TSM prebackup script pauses the database, takes a snapshot of the database and then resumes the database access. TSM then backs up the now static copy of the database. This way the database is only paused for a few seconds. Once the backup is complete a postbackup scripts removes the snapshot. You didn't say what your environment is but ours is AIX 5.2 with the database on a mirrored JFS2 filesystem.
This has worked well for us. Each day the backup is restored to a remote site as well as our test system. We've never had any problems. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks, Rick Saylor Austin Community College At 11:21 AM 4/23/2007, you wrote:
Folks, Any of you esteemed folks using TSM to backup/restore UNIDATA or other implementations of a PICK database? Specifically, are you using the dbpause and dbresume commands? Easy, hard, impossible? Thoughts as always much appreciated. Thanks, Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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