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Re: database backup using commvault simpana

Posted By: Art Kagel
Date: Thursday, 12 August 2010, at 2:06 p.m.

In Response To: RE: database backup using commvault simpana (Savio Pinto (s))

Thanks, I didn't find that reference when I looked. Good to know!

Art

Art S. Kagel
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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Savio Pinto (s) <spinto@cap.org> wrote:

> Thanks Art !
>
> Commvault Simpana claims that it can integrate with onbar, here are the
> urls
>
> http://www.commvault.com/pdf/DS_GBR_Informix.pdf
>
> http://documentation.commvault.com/dell/release_7_0_0/books_online_1/eng
> lish_us/features/instances/informix.htm
>
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> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Art Kagel
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:22 AM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: database backup using commvault simpana [20889]
>
> It looks like Simpana is a disk based archive/backup process, it does
> not
> say that it supports the iBCS protocol needed to integrate with
> Informix's
> onbar. That means that you can only use it to perform an "external
> backup"
> which means putting the engine into a blocked state (onmode -c block)
> where
> no new transactions can begin and existing transactions must wait for
> the
> engine to be released back to an operational mode (onmode -c unblock)
> before
> they can enter a critical section of code. This is only really feasible
> when using hardware snapshots and taking the archive from the snapshot.
> It
> is not practical to do this by archiving the actual server chunks. If
> you
> take an archive with Sampana (or any other product that just copies disk
>
> files) without putting the engine into blocked mode, the copy will not
> be
> consistent internally and you will not be able to recover your database
> after a crash.
>
> Art
>
> Art S. Kagel
> Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
> IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
>
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> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Savio Pinto (s) <spinto@cap.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is anyone in the mailing list using Commvault Simpana's backup
> solution
> > to backup their informix databases ?. are there any issues with this
> > product's backup/restore procedures and is it a reliable tool ?
> >
> > any inputs will be appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Savio Pinto
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Messages In This Thread

• database backup using commvault simpana
  Savio Pinto (s) -- Thursday, 12 August 2010, at 11:01 a.m.
  • Re: database backup using commvault simpana
    Art Kagel -- Thursday, 12 August 2010, at 12:22 p.m.
    • RE: database backup using commvault simpana
      Savio Pinto (s) -- Thursday, 12 August 2010, at 1:38 p.m.
      • Re: database backup using commvault simpana
        Art Kagel -- Thursday, 12 August 2010, at 2:06 p.m.
        • Re: database backup using commvault simpana
          KATHY DUCHENE -- Friday, 11 April 2014, at 9:10 a.m.
        • Re: database backup using commvault simpana
          KATHY DUCHENE -- Wednesday, 16 July 2014, at 11:24 a.m.

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