RE: Oracle backups so a bit OT

> This really isn't true. I'd still maintain that from the point of > view of simplicity and reliability Informix's ontape takes some > beating. But many serious shops now integrate database backups into > an overall backup manager, and in this respect - and I think here > particualrly of HP's Data Protector (nee Omniback) - you'll probably > find the Oracle/SQL Server/DB2 integration superior to that of Informix. We are in the process of implementing HP's DP at this very second for our whole of enterprise backup and DR, and curiously enough the informix integration went without a hitch, as did SQL Server, however the Oracle integration required us to recompile ioracle in order to access the libraries. It was far more laborious and unexpectedly complicated than one would have anticipated. ---------------------------------------------------- This message is for the named person's use only. Privileged/confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of any such entity. ---------------------------------------------------- sending to informix-list

"Burton, Clifford" <clifford_burton@simplus.com.au> wrote in message news:1107661092.0c4c4679c5b8ea7835bc4f93a9f1b96e@teranews... > > >> This really isn't true. I'd still maintain that from the point of >> view of simplicity and reliability Informix's ontape takes some >> beating. But many serious shops now integrate database backups into >> an overall backup manager, and in this respect - and I think here >> particualrly of HP's Data Protector (nee Omniback) - you'll probably >> find the Oracle/SQL Server/DB2 integration superior to that of Informix. > > We are in the process of implementing HP's DP at this very second for our > whole of enterprise backup and DR, and curiously enough the informix > integration went without a hitch, as did SQL Server, however the Oracle > integration required us to recompile ioracle in order to access the > libraries. It was far more laborious and unexpectedly complicated than one > would have anticipated. I wasn't really talking about the installation of Data Protector and onbar , or even taking backups with it. I was referring to the critical issue of its ease of use and reliability when you need to restore. I have to say that several people, including one but not all of my colleagues, and Obnoxio in a private, reckon it's absolutely rock-solid and intuitive, and it must just be me!