[SunHELP] RE: looking for backup ideas

[Frank Carreiro]

Legato Networker is great for regular backups.  We've been able to 
backup Linux, Solaris (sparc and x86) NT/2000 servers without fail!  One 
word of caution...  if you are looking at backing up Oracle databases 
you will find issues with Windoze 2000.  For some reason databases over 
400 Gigs cannot backup reliably.  We have 4 or 5 case numbers with 
Legato and now I'm forced to find another solution (after 5 months of 
working with their support and MTI tech support).  Going with Veritas 
DataCenter now.  Don't get me wrong.  It works just great if you're 
running oracle warm backups from *NIX systems.  Any windoze 2000 Oracle 
databases then you're screwed :-(

Frank

> Hi Edward,
> There are several solutions which fit your description.
> The one we are using is Solstice Backup from SUN,
> which is rebranded Legato Networker.
> We have a server with multiple autochangers.
> Each machine to be backed up runs a client which
> is called and controlled by the backup software on the
> backup server.
> Veritas and Arcserve have  products which do the same.
> Many of these people on this list use these same approaches
> I'm sure.
> It is not cheap, but it works well.
> 
> Les