RE: Omniback/back-up managers

Posted in 2000

Martin, Wayne E. — Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:42:18 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Omni back manages the tapes for you, i.e. all storage managers do. Works ok for restoring on same server, bear to move database to another server. Tapes and save sets have expire dates, database of save sets etc. It will use the whole tape to store data on. SA here prefer Legato, so look at both. Wayne E. Martin Informix Database Administrator Kmart Corp. -----Original Message----- From: Neil Truby [mailto:ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:10 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Omniback/back-up managers Friends My client has recently outsourced its IS operations, and we're experiencing an increase in the number of tape cock-ups. For this and other reasons I wish to propose using HP-Omniback for UNIX and Informix backups. can anyone please provide a list of the classic benefits of using a back-up manager over manual recoding of tape cycles? thanks Neil