03-22-2011 08:53 PM
Hi, I have one Enterprise Vault server (windows 2003 SP2). The SQL database is also in the server. I have installed NBU 7.0.1 media server software in this server. I have a few questions regarding backup and restore the EV server. If I do not use NBU for EV agent:
1. I read some doc which said I need to create two policies: one for vault store, the other to backup SQL. My question is: if so, do I need to run the two policy at the same time or one by one?
2. I undersand I will need bpstart and bpend scripts to put the sever to read only mode when doing backup. Are there any samples?
3. If I want to restore one of the closed partitions, do I need to restore SQL database as well? How about restore open partition?
Thanks.
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03-22-2011 09:50 PM
Hi,
What happened to your agent backups? If i recall correctly you posted about it?
03-22-2011 09:50 PM
Hi,
What happened to your agent backups? If i recall correctly you posted about it?
03-22-2011 11:08 PM
Hi Riaan, thanks a lot for your replies. I proposed to use agent to do backup but my management wants to do in the legacy way. I myself also has one conern about agent backup: the backup is simple as everything is taking care by the agent. How about recovery? If I want to restore one of the closed partition, is it just a normal recovery or there are some addtional works to do? If I want to restore the open partition, do I need to restore the database as well? Sorry, but I found the NBU for EV admin guide is not very clear to me for the restore portion.
03-22-2011 11:36 PM
Hi,
I know its a "backup" question but I would post that on the EV forum as they will know what the impact on the DB (and vice versa) is when restoring a specific component like, just a partition, just a closed partition, etc etc.
03-23-2011 06:28 PM
Hi Riaan, thanks for your replies.
03-23-2011 09:03 PM
Pleasure. I forgot to mention, if you're going to use the stored procedures to dump sql you would need to use the sqlcmd utility to call it from your bpstart script.