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tsg13nm
Level 3
11 years ago

Microsoft Access Database agent

Does Netbackup have an agent to backup a Microsoft Access Database while the DB is up? I do not see a policy type for this. We are running Netbackup 7.6.0.2

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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    11 years ago

    No it does not - Microsoft Access is not the class of enterprise databases where it get a agent to back it up.

    But you should be able to get around it using bpstart and bpend notify scripts. The idea is to stop Access using the bpstart_notify.bat script and then start Access using the bpend_notify.bat script.

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH162973

    Do you get a status code 1 when running backup of the access database files ?

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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    No it does not - Microsoft Access is not the class of enterprise databases where it get a agent to back it up.

    But you should be able to get around it using bpstart and bpend notify scripts. The idea is to stop Access using the bpstart_notify.bat script and then start Access using the bpend_notify.bat script.

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH162973

    Do you get a status code 1 when running backup of the access database files ?

  • tsg13nm's avatar
    tsg13nm
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    Yes, but now the system will not even backup any files.  I'm looking at setting up a script to copy the db to a flat file but I need to get nb communicating with the server first.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    If you need assistance with troubleshooting, please start a new discussion and tell us status code of failed backup and post bpcd log file on the client. Ensure Windows firewall on the client is disabled.