Re: OnLine 7.2 3rd Party Backup / Restore Utilities

postmaster@colburn.com wrote: > > I have been using ontape to backup my database for about a year. I only > have 1 (about 2GB with 300 tables) and I do a full backup every night > onto DAT. The problems I have: If you upgrade to 7.21+ you get the new backup/restore utility onbar. Onbar has several advantages over ontape & onarchive: 1) Can to single dbspace restore or archive. 2) Can restore 'up to the minute' if logs are available (ie user says "Ooops I deleted all my rows at 11:15 can you restore them?") 3) Uses the new POSIX archive API so that 3rd party hardware interfaces can be used. Many backup vendors are subscribing to this interface and providing the shared libraries needed, ex: Legato Networker. These ofter add multiple device handling and tape libraries so that archives do not wait for tape changes. > > - I cannot restore one table only. > - I cannot "verify" backups (perhaps by restoring one table) Art S. Kagel