Re: Hot Backups for Databases
Posted in 2000
Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
From: "byfleetM" <byfleetM@hotmail.com>
>
>Quick question -
>Do the standard Database backup tools allow hot backups (ie ensuring data
>integrity).
>Or is the only way to guarantee any Database back via stopping the database
>(cold) & then backing it up.
>
>I assume there must be Hot Backup extensions supplied with the expensive
>storage management tools
Uh...? Oh. Dunno.
>PS I have an Informix DB
Which one? If SE, nope, all the others support hot backups, whether you use
ontape, onbar or (ick!) onarchive.
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