lør, 18 04 2009 kl. 00:03 +1000, skrev James Harper: > > Hi James, > > > > I found a post [1] from 2007 where you mention working on a plugin for > > MSSQL. What is the status of that work? > > > > Or is somebody else on the mailing list here working on one? > > > > I'm not sure we really need it and can't do with just VSS or simple dump > > at my work. The immediate use is for a database used by System Center > > Configuration Manager, where I believe a VSS or dump approach would be > > sufficient, but I could imagine that it is insufficient for a SharePoint > > solution. An MSSQL plugin alone would be insufficient for this as well, > > but it would be a start and we could perhaps help develop a SharePoint > > plugin ourselves. > > > > But I really don't know much about these products, so I'd appreciate any > > advice. > > > > I did have something that worked I think. It could do point-in-time > restores etc that you can't do with VSS. It was a completely separate > agent though (eg it was itself an fd as far as the director was > concerned) and it broke when I started work on the Exchange agent. > There is a significant amount of bitrot in the code so a rewrite would > be in order. > > It's on my todo list, but it's behind a lot of other stuff. > > What is special about SharePoint aside from the SQL database? I thought > it was just SQL + a bunch of files?
Yes, I don't think there is anything too special about it. There can be multiple SQL databases and files on different hosts as far as I can tell though, and I'm not sure whether you can back all items up one by one or there needs to some synchronization point to keep the system globally consistent. Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
