Re: Informix and veritas netbackup

From: Tom McGivern <t.mcgivern@iname.com> > >Does anybody use the Veritas netbackup product to backup their databases >and/or logs? Not where I am, but the last place I terrorised, did. >I've heard it interfaces to onbar, but our DBA team (I'm the SA) is >reluctant to move to it. > >We plan to use netbackup to backup the rest of our systems, we'd like to >get informix backed up and managed as well. > >the DBA's concerns are >1) that Informix won't support the configuration if we have a problem >during a restore (generally the most stressful time in a DBAs life to >start with, they don't want to find out that Informix doesn't support >them on top of that). Bollocks. >2) That there may be version specific support problems, that if Veritas >didn't keep up with support of informix releases, that the DBAs could >not upgrade Informix until Veritas caught up. Oh? >Any comments good or bad on your experiences (or why you choose to not >use it), would be appreciated. I'd use it in a minute, provided there was somebody competent from Veritas at hand. The big problem I saw was that whenever something Veritas-related gave gyp, it took weeks of trial and error to resolve. I then went to a site using Legato, and it was smooth as silk. So its just a case of making sure you have good Veritas consulting to hand. I'm not saying that I think Veritas is bad, it's just that you need good consulting skills. Whether you use it for Informix or not. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com