Absolutely! One single shell command (maybe in a crontab to run when system load is low) will backup the entire application database in a Consistent fashion (i.e., it has the illusion of an instant snapshot even with globals in different regions; in other words, Consistent is explicitly capitalized).
There are other options as well, such as backing up via a TCP socket to a listener on another machine. Details in the Administration and Operations Guide. -- Bhaskar On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 15:21 +0100, Xavier Guardiola wrote: > Speaking about backups, is it possible to perform hot copies of the > database with GT.M? (that is, without stopping the system) > BTW, here at work, all our backup system relies on ssh+rsync. If your > server are Linux that's definitively the best and more flexible option. > > Xavier > > Crawford Rainwater wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 19:52 -0800, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >>Crawford, > >> > >>Great to hear from you. Hadn't seen you post in > >>awhile. Will you be at the Boston conf.? > >> > > > > > > At this time I have other obligations to attend to, so I will not be at > > the Boston WV meeting. > > > > > >>Thanks for your suggestions below. The one issue > >>about scp'ing the data, though, is that I would have > >>to have an "scp server" running on the windows box. I > >>don't know how to set that up. I have downloaded a > >>program for windows, pscp that can pull the data from > >>the linux box when run on the windows box. It would > >>be nice to be able to push it though. > > > > > > scp (and sftp) are part of the ssh package with Linux. However, I am > > not sure if the M$ world is nice enough to include all of those. > > > > The scp option would be most likely the simplest for file transfer of > > backup archives from two different machines. However, as per Bhaskar, > > there is still the point of the data being accessed by Gt.M/VistA while > > this is being done which should be addressed as well (and goes beyond my > > realm since I tend to pass those fun questions off to others at this > > point). > > > > Bacula though would be a similar option to the scp option above, sounds > > like it would work cross platforms as well for the sending and receiving > > machines, but their web site might have more details. > > > > HTH. > > > > --- Crawford > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005 Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows Embedded(r) & Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications & content. Register by 3/29 & save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6883&alloc_id=15149&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
