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c.payne
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 Posted - 2009-05-11 : 06:38:56
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| Hi, our organization has deemed SQL appropriate for its use but declined hiring a qualified DBA to manage it. Hence my stupid questions! can anyone tell me if using Symantec net backup would be an acceptable and troublefree way to backup SQl server instances (on virtual server) as follows?- Windows 2003 SP2 installed into VMWare ESX.- Citrix XenApp 5 installed onto the Windows 2003 server.- SQL Express installed onto the Windows 2003 server, multiple installations if required.-SQL frontend (Recorder 6) installed via the network install and DB attached. - These sit in there own folders; C:\Program Files\Recorder 6 Server- Recorder 6 installed into the Citrix environment - Entire server backed up via Netbackup, individual files can be restored.Citrix serves up the various recorder 6 apps to where they are required to users on our Novell network. Our IM department has proposed to use Symantec/Veritas Net Backup to backup the entire Win2003 server instead of using the SQL management console to run individual backups. |
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tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2009-05-11 : 09:24:22
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| We use NetBackup here to do our database backups. It works BUT I am not overly fond of it. I prefer using the native SQL backup and then sweep to tape but when I came on board 15 months ago, NetBackup was the preferred, corporate solution. I find it very slow for backup/restore purposes, what I can do natively in 30 minutes takes nearly 5 times as long using NetBackup - IMO. Maybe I'm just old and cynical....but again, it does work. "Novell"????? I haven't heard that in 10 years!Terry-- Procrastinate now! |
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can I use symantec netbackup to backup SQL server?