October 13, 2020 at 8:58 am
Hello,
do you have any experience with SnapCenter Server 4.3.
Can we say that is a valid backup? can we use like a primary backup?
I have some testing now, and I am afraid how is working with this web app.
Thanks
October 13, 2020 at 12:11 pm
Any time a third party backup tool is introduced to the system, don't rely on anything anyone tells you on the internet. Test a restore. Did it work? Yes? Great. Now, what's the Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective that you've agreed to with the business? Can you meet both with this tool? Can you do this? Yes? Great. Use the tool.
No to either of the above. We're done with this discussion. Only use the tool if it works and meets your RPO and RTO. Anything else is a bad choice.
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October 13, 2020 at 1:27 pm
Snapshots are not backups. They aren't even copies of the database. They don't become backups until they have been transferred off of the SAN in a format that can be used to restore a database to another device and apply transaction log backups to the restore. Snapshots lower the pressure on a running database when taking backups, but by themselves are not backups. They are a part of a backup solution.
Some of the disasters from which backups protect you would damage the snapshot as well as the database.
Eddie Wuerch
MCM: SQL
October 14, 2020 at 9:56 am
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