backup tools similar to BMC SQL-BackTrack

[Olivier]

Hello,

I'm sorry if this has been discussed earlier but surprisingly I couldn't
find much information regarding this issue.

We've been using BMC SQL-BackTrack for years. We're in the process of
replacing our Sun Solaris 2.6 server running 8i by two smaller Sun
Solaris 9 servers running 10g RAC and found that the license for SQL-BT
was too high to consider still using it.

So, we're looking for another product. We backup one ~50 Gb DB online,
to a local filesystem which is later backuped by Networker. We want to
keep it that way : DB --(X tool)--> filesystem --(Networker)--> tape. We
enjoyed the way SQL-BT helps you when restoring, which makes it
"special" compared to competitors, especially because we have no DBA
available fulltime here.

Thank you for you ideas, help and experience,

Olivier

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[Hans Forbrich]

Based on my experience, I would

a) dump backup to tape as a primary target and go to disk. (Then use a
standard backup to tape utility from the disk backup area). The reason,
disk is now relatively inexpensive. 68GB of SCSI disk is a lot cheaper
than any 'Oracle backup to tape' connector.

b) look at the Oracle provided RMAN. In 9i it was a solid product. In
10g it is very good.


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