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Function documentation Supported Backup Tools from Other Providers Locate the document in the library structure

Use

You can use backup tools from other providers to back up and restore data and log entries or to export and import data.

When data is backed up or exported using such a backup tool, each backup or data stream is given an external backup ID.

Supported Backup Tools from Other Providers

Name

Description

TSM (IBM/Tivoli)

You can connect TSM using the TSM client adint2 or using the Backint for Oracle interface. With adint2 you achieve higher performance, but the program is not available on all platforms.

See the Installation Manual, Connecting to TSM

NetWorker (Legato)

See the Installation Manual, Connecting to NetWorker

NetBackup (Veritas)

See the Installation Manual, Connecting to VERITAS NetBackup

All backup tools that support Backint for MaxDB

For information on the requirements that need to be met by a Backint for MaxDB interface, see the documentation Backint for MaxDB.

All backup tools that support Backint for Oracle

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If you want to use a backup tool not listed here, contact support.

In the Database Manager CLI, backing up using backup tools from other providers is also possible with scripts. In this case, however, the Database Manager does not write a backup history and thus cannot check whether the backup was successful.

See also:

Backing Up and Restoring

Installation Manual, Block Diagram: Backing Up and Restoring

Database Manager GUI: Backups with Backup Tools from Other Providers

Database Manager CLI, Backing Up and Restoring Database Instances

Loader, Exporting and Importing with Backup Tools from Other Providers

 

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