We have one Domino server that uses a script to shut Domino down for a few hours each night to perform a backup of all it’s databases, the the script restarts Domino.
This has worked good for years. But, now we need to run Domino around the clock. What would be the best backup solution for us?
One Domino server running on Windows 2000 Server (V. 6.5) - using TapeWare 6.2 and one Sony SDT-9000 tape drive.
Thanks in advance for any help~
Subject: Viable backup solution?
Veritas BackupExec with Domino Agent. ($700 -ish)
Subject: RE: Viable backup solution?
That is the product that I am currently looking into. I browsed through old posts and that seemed to be the popular choice. I assume it still is then.
Thanks.
Subject: RE: Viable backup solution?
Using NetBackup here (bigger version of Backup Exec) mostly too. I have a smaller domain that’s using BackupExec though.
Subject: Wow! $$$
The retail price for Backup Exec is $755 which seems reasonable - but $945 for the Agent? Why is the agent so more than the core software?
I know that is retail and I can get it somewhat cheaper but it still seems steep.
Subject: RE: Wow! $$$
How much is your data worth?
Subject: RE: Wow! $$$
yeah, it’s worth it - I was just surprised to find that the agent costs more than the core backup application. It’s hard to explain that to accounting.
Subject: RE: Wow! $$$
You have three choices the way I see it.
Choice #1
Buy your accounting team lunch!
Choice #2
Have your vendor make the quote a line item with the cost of both pieces in the line item.
Choice #3
Buy them seperately. I run BE 10.0 and no agent. I back up all my DB’s hot and haven’t had a problem in 6 years.
Of course I also have no activity after about 8 PM so whatever business activity is forcing you to 24 hour availability mya put the squash on that.
GL,
Shawn
Subject: Viable backup solution?
I’m using Tivoli Storage Manager and it’s working well. One thing to be aware of is if you have any intent to use a virtualized infrastructure, Veritas licenses per OS instance. Tivoli is per physical CPU, so if you run 5 virtual servers on a dual CPU box that’s still only 2 licenses, but with Veritas it’s 5 licenses.
Another option is to use a server that just replicates copies of everything as a poor man’s backup. You can shut down the backup server and save it just like you do today. That would mean another Domino server, but if you have the disk space and the horsepower to support it, you could just create another partition where you have your production server.
On a purely personal note, I’ve never had any luck restoring anything from BackupExec or NetBackup. Lots of people use it successfully, but I’m not one of them.