COHESITY for Backup/Restore?

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COHESITY for Backup/Restore?

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homebrew01 SSC Guru Points: 55525 More actions · Answer 1

Harold Buckner wrote:

I know this is an old topic but we are using Cohesity 6.6. It now has SQL log backup and Point in time restores. So far I'm liking it really well.

Have you done test restores to point in time to verify it works the way you want ?

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398445 More actions · Answer 2

homebrew01 wrote:

Harold Buckner wrote:
I know this is an old topic but we are using Cohesity 6.6. It now has SQL log backup and Point in time restores. So far I'm liking it really well.
Have you done test restores to point in time to verify it works the way you want ?

So very much this!!!

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Harold Buckner SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4173 More actions · Answer 3

homebrew01 wrote:

Harold Buckner wrote:
I know this is an old topic but we are using Cohesity 6.6. It now has SQL log backup and Point in time restores. So far I'm liking it really well.
Have you done test restores to point in time to verify it works the way you want ?

Yes we have tested the Point in time restores to verify restores are truly the correct point in time. It has been working great so far. Backups are quick. The GUI is easily to navigate. Restores can be restored back to original location or an alternate source. You can do manual backups or log backups if needed out side of job schedule. When setting up protection groups, you can add servers by an automatic protection so any instance or database that gets added will automatically backed up. Backups are being replicated to another Cohesity cluster. The Cluster is encrypted and we also are using the the immutability option to protect from ransomware attacks inside the network. Seems like a lot of good features.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398445 More actions · Answer 4

Sounds good then. As I said, a long time ago, if the tool can meet the RPO & RTO, I'm fine with it.

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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood... Theodore Roosevelt
The Scary DBA Author of: SQL Server 2022 Query Performance Tuning, 6th Edition and SQL Server Execution Plans, 3rd Edition
Product Evangelist for Red Gate Software

Davis H Right there with Babe Points: 727 More actions · Answer 5

We have been a Cohesity customer now for 8 months. It has issues and we are helping to teach the Cohesity engineers about SQL. Not kidding.

Have you tried to migrate more than one database from one SQL instance to another? Natively, it can't. We are working with their PowerShell guru to create a very manual process to do so as we often do migrations with several hundred databases. Lot's of issues. If you have the product, please join their user group as this is the best way to get solutions to their frail model.