Yes this is on Linux (we don't touch windows here). Same approach works on
solaris and other *nix but I'm betting someone who knows windows better than I
could also make it work.
Jeff Butera
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On Aug 20, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Bill Haskett wrote:
> Jeff:
>
> Am I mistaken to ass
Jeff:
Am I mistaken to assume this is for Linux (or other variant)? See,
things aren't anywhere near as easy as they seem. :-)
Bill
jbut...@hampshire.edu wrote:
We don't mirror but we use filesystem snapshotting for a
We don't mirror but we use filesystem snapshotting for a clean backup with less
than 10 seconds of downtime:
Dbpause
Sleep few (3-5) seconds
File system snapshot (5 seconds or so)
Dbresume
Backup from snapshot
Trash snapshot
Only cost in this is enough disk for snapshot.
Jeff Butera
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That's what I like...
"As others have mentioned, you can pause the database. If you've got a
mirror then DBPAUSE the database, break the mirror, and DBRESUME. "
Sounds so simple yet can be so complex and expensive. There are so many
"ifs" with the term "break the mirror" it's not much of a w
