Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????

Interesting, I'll have to take a look. I noted reference to it, but was struck more by the authors prediliction for standard tools - it's all his fault ;-). cheers & thanks j. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Whatcha' wanta have????? > "Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:402E9BC8.90609@comcast.net... > > > They don't have anything to compare to the 'simplicity' of onbar > > > or ontape. > > > > > > > Hmmm - I think you may have been reading the wrong parts of the doc - > > please make sure to check out the RMAN (Recovery Manager) documentation. > > While you can use standard OS utilities to do a backup (both hot and > > cold), it's pretty much a legacy approach, and RMAN is the builtin > > backup/recovery capability that greatly simplifies life. > > One area that, in my experience, Oracle and SQL Server are easier to > administer is in their third-party back-up integration. The Informix > integration for Data Protector (Omniback as was) for example is a shambles. > > > sending to informix-list