Depends what's actually on that NFS mount. Assuming that the DBAs are writing their own database backups to the NFS share, then yes you could mount and back them up via your NBU host provided you can reliably schedule/check that the Oracle backup has finished first, before NBU attempts to pick them up.
(Happy for anyone else to step in and correct if I've got this horribly wrong.) Luke -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of comire Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2011 1:47 AM To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU Subject: [Veritas-bu] SAN Options??? I have a customer that is moving to an EMC CNX 5700 which I guess will act as and NFS Server (I've never seen this EMC Array). The array will share out a volume to Oracle servers via an NFS mount. The individual servers will write to this volume via NFS, which they will want to backup via Netbackup. Looking for options on how to do this. The customer is thinking he can NFS mount the volume to the Master Server and back it up that way. Nice and simple but I am concerned about open files. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by com...@me.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ________________________________ This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information contained in this message may be confidential, or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of the email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and please delete this message completely from any systems. Confidentiality and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery to you. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu