Recent content by esserc

You *can* do it that way, but I wouldn't. The best way to backup an Oracle database is to use RMAN with the Legato NMO Module. In fact with Oracle 8i and 9i, using RMAN is the only backup method that Oracle supports. If you really want to use a script, it's better to use a pre and post...

Has anyone tried to recover a client off tapes from another server? I have a need to do this soon, and I'm not sure how. I presume I need to create a client with the same Client ID on the new server and scan the tape. Does anyone have any experience doing this?

I might be able to help. First of all most of my experiance is with SAP on Oracle on Solaris with Netowrker on Solaris, but Most of the things I have found should apply. I've worked with SAP on NT with Networker on NT and I hope I never have to go through that again. It's a nightmare! But, good...

Not true. Networker read the exit status (or return code), not the output.

The entire output is sent to the server. The savegroup details is truncated a bit, and the savegroup completion report is also truncated, but not as much. If you change the backup command to 'savepnpc -vvvv' you should get it all. In 6.0 and below that works, but I think 6.1 still truncates it.

Remember: You can only see the output of the pre command, not the post command.

I would recommend that you mark the volume as full rather that readonly. That way they'll recycle properly, and networker will stll not try to append to it. The other thing I see. You unload the volume without checking first to see if it's loaded. That's OK because nsrjb will just ignore the...

Thanks, that really helps. I wish someone would write a good FAQ about directives. It's not really covered in the manual very well.

I've found the same problem with Networker's tape management...It doesn't have any. I looked around for good scripts to do this, and I couldn't find any that worked they way I wanted them to. I also found this to be a problem with management tools like BOM. They assume a workflow and a way of...

Thank you for the answer, but that wasn't my question. Maybe I need to explain it a little better. I already use savepnpc for shuting down the starting the database on the rare cases that I do a cold backup. That's not the problem. The problem is that I use local directives on the systems with...

I hope the question was "How do I delete a volume?" because that is what "nsrmm -d" does. If your question was "How do I unload and withdraw a volume from a jukebox?" this might help. If a volume you want to withdraw is loaded into a drive, first unload it: nsrjb...

I use local directives quite a bit. I find it more useful than defining a directive on the server if the directive is just for one machine. I mainly use them for databases, so the files (excluding the database) are backed up in one savegroup. Then the database is backed up later using a Business...

I wasn't aware that there was any way to do it without the module. Good luck.

More questions... What database and what version? and what OS and Version?

What version of Networker are you using.And what version of the SAP Module?