Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-10 Thread Wjhonson
@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud I could be completely misunderstanding your comment ...execute a login as that user. How does one automatically execute a login when the U2 dbms service starts? Are you suggesting that I start the service

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread David Wolverton
Of Wally Terhune Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 5:27 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud RFS with TP has been available in UniData for 15-20 years too. I understand your issues. I'm just saying you do have the ability in UniData to generate a consistent backup

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Wally Terhune
, August 09, 2012 7:35 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Has the issue on Windows been resolved? Our customers reported that UniData maintained 'open files' at a dbpause, which still made the backup difficult with a dbpause. -Original Message

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread David Wolverton
...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wally Terhune Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:38 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Dbpause doesn't close files. It blocks updates by UniData processes to UniData files. This is via a flag

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Bill Haskett
List' u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org *Date:* 8/9/2012 6:35 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Has the issue on Windows been resolved? Our customers reported that UniData maintained 'open files' at a dbpause, which still made the backup difficult with a dbpause. -Original

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread David Wolverton
: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud David: I'm sure I don't have a complete understanding of your situation. I use dbpause all the time and run backups using Windows backup utilities. I don't think they have a problem backing up locked files because of the volume Shadow Copy

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread David Wolverton
] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 10:06 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud David: I'm sure I don't have a complete understanding of your situation. I use dbpause all the time and run backups using Windows backup utilities. I don't

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Wjhonson
You've restored from backups where files were locked during the backup? -Original Message- From: Bill Haskett wphask...@advantos.net To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 8:33 am Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud David: I'm sure I

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Wjhonson
Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud It's dependent on the software in use -- we have customers who want to use what they've always used as backup software, and many of the products they have been using will not back up 'open' files. So they end up skipping our primary datafile

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Bill Haskett
- Original Message - *From:* dwolv...@flash.net *To:* 'U2 Users List' u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org *Date:* 8/9/2012 8:14 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud It's dependent on the software in use -- we have customers

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Bill Haskett
*Date:* 8/9/2012 8:29 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Hey -- this was a question I got though: Is there a way to make UniData VSS/Shadow-Copy 'aware'? Does that question come up to other people as they transition users to U2? -Original Message- From: u2-users

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Wally Terhune
09, 2012 9:06 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud WELL... in theory UniData has SOME control -- I mean, on Windows, there could be a dbpause 'flag' that tells UniData to close all the open file handles on dbpause and reopen them on dbresume. That would fix

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread David Wolverton
] On Behalf Of Wally Terhune Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:28 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud I would not envision having every active UniData process on the system close all of their files when a dbpause command is run. Each process has it's own file handles

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Marc Harbeson
...@flash.net *To:* 'U2 Users List' u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org *Date:* 8/9/2012 6:35 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Has the issue on Windows been resolved? Our customers reported that UniData maintained 'open files' at a dbpause, which still made the backup difficult

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Wjhonson
- From: Bill Haskett wphask...@advantos.net To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 9:33 am Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud As far as I know, Windows doesn't care about UniData. If the Volume Shadow Copy service is running the backups cruise

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Bill Haskett
. :-( Bill - Original Message - *From:* wjhon...@aol.com *To:* u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org *Date:* 8/9/2012 9:40 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud You have to write a script that logs

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Wjhonson
the phantoms you want to start. So when that user logs in, the phantoms start. -Original Message- From: Bill Haskett wphask...@advantos.net To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:37 pm Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud I have no idea

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-09 Thread Bill Haskett
script you put the phantoms you want to start. So when that user logs in, the phantoms start. -Original Message- From: Bill Haskett wphask...@advantos.net To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:37 pm Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud I

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-08 Thread John Jenkins
...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of thomas.bo...@firstgroup.com Sent: 26 July 2012 10:34 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Importance: High U2users, Will I get the same benefits by using stopud

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-08 Thread Wally Terhune
: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud You get an extra benefit from stopud and startud in that your database will be consistent. dbpause does not enforce consistency Personally I would never suggest using dbpause to take a snapshot because of that issue. You're never guarenteed that you have

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-08 Thread Wjhonson
pm Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud If you have put transaction processing semantics in your code you will have logical consistency with dbpause. For RFS enabled systems, dbpause forces a checkpoint. Wally Terhune Technical Support Engineer Rocket Software 4600 South Ulster

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-08 Thread Wally Terhune
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud That's the rub isn't it? We have a few thousand programs written over 30 years, and only a limited staff, and users always want more. Users don't see the need to go back and *fix* code that's working

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-08-08 Thread Wjhonson
...@rocketsoftware.com To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 3:53 pm Subject: Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud RFS with TP has been available in UniData for 15-20 years too. I understand your issues. I'm just saying you do have the ability in UniData to generate

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-07-26 Thread Dean.Armbruster
...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of thomas.bo...@firstgroup.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 05:34 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Importance: High U2users, Will I get the same benefits by using stopud and startud

Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud

2012-07-26 Thread Thomas . Boadu
/2012 15:24 Please respond to U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org cc Subject Re: [U2] dbpause/dbresume or stopud/startud Are you certain that the dbpause finished? We've had cases here where our backup scripts would hang on the dbpause command. Those