Comments for Sybase ADDICT http://sybase-addict.com Sybase tips, howto and technical informations - All in a blog ! Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Move or copy a Sybase ASE database with mount unmount and quiesce commands by Enkidu http://sybase-addict.com/2010/03/21/move-or-copy-a-sybase-ase-database-with-mount-unmount-and-quiesce-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Enkidu Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:45:31 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=648#comment-219 Thanks for this howto. I have an additional question: Is it possible to verify the quiesce mode, before taking filesystem snapshots, e.g. with zfs. I have heard, that the quiesce mode may not be achieved, when user transactions are not finished. Would this be a problem with ASE-Version 15? Rgds Enkidu Thanks for this howto. I have an additional question:

Is it possible to verify the quiesce mode, before taking filesystem snapshots, e.g. with zfs. I have heard, that the quiesce mode may not be achieved, when user transactions are not finished. Would this be a problem with ASE-Version 15?

Rgds
Enkidu

]]> Comment on Save money ? Get rid off Sql BackTrack for Sybase. by Jean-Francois LEBON http://sybase-addict.com/2010/04/17/save-money-get-rid-off-sql-backtrack-for-sybase/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Jean-Francois LEBON Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:23:02 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=756#comment-205 Hi, "SQL Backtrack does much more than backup and recovery". Well, all what is listed here is backup and recovery, with different implementation for different backup/recovery scenario. With all features we have now in Sybase ASE, and a bit of shell scripting, DBAs can do everything listed here (and fortunately did for years). I really think SQL Backtrack is a good product, I used it several times at some different places. It is surely a usefull product for organizations that don't want to invest in skilled DBAs team, and want a simple and smooth backup solution. Then it makes sense to use it. Hi,

“SQL Backtrack does much more than backup and recovery”.
Well, all what is listed here is backup and recovery, with different implementation for different backup/recovery scenario.
With all features we have now in Sybase ASE, and a bit of shell scripting, DBAs can do everything listed here (and fortunately did for years).
I really think SQL Backtrack is a good product, I used it several times at some different places.
It is surely a usefull product for organizations that don’t want to invest in skilled DBAs team, and want a simple and smooth backup solution.
Then it makes sense to use it.

]]> Comment on Save money ? Get rid off Sql BackTrack for Sybase. by sapatil http://sybase-addict.com/2010/04/17/save-money-get-rid-off-sql-backtrack-for-sybase/comment-page-1/#comment-203 sapatil Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:05:50 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=756#comment-203 SQL BackTrack for Sybase(SBT or Back and Recovery manager for databases or BRM) does much more than just backup and recovery. The main new supported features are like Disaster recovery solution, duplicate database creation with/without device creation, master database recovery template, missing device recovery, database device recovery etc. Some of the features are given below: 1. Backup Recovery Policy Manager (BRPM) facilitating audit/compliance efforts & centralized monitoring of enterprise B&R environment 2. Apart from TSM, SQL BackTrack for Sybase(SBT) also supports Netbackup and Networker Storage Manager. Both database backup/recovery directly from Storage Manager. 3. SBT keeps history of backups and allows point in time recovery (recovery upto the specified time by managing sequence of transaction log backups) and point of backup recovery. Also allows to create policies to retain any backup. Apart for Database backup, it also takes backup of 'history of backups' to recover all in DR situation on same or different host. 4. SBT allows staged backups (latest backups on the disk for a. reduce backup time b. faster recovery and later moving to storage manager). 5. SBT can encrypt whole backup by specifying single encryption key. Also supports encryption feature provided by Sybase. 6. SQL-BackTrack can find out errors upfront without executing backups. Errors like server connection, database availability, destination availability etc.) 7. SQL-BackTrack can perform incremental and delta backup. Only changes occurred to database are backuped up. This can save space & time taking backup 8. SBT supports stripping for faster backup/recovery and also clonning of the images to allow recovery from clonned location if primary location is not available. 9. It also allows to create script automatically. No manual scripting required. These scripts can be scheduled in the sheduler for backup/recovery. 10. It also allows to schedule pre-post script before/after backups/recovery to perform any task before/after backup/recovery. It also allows guided recovery like 1. Recover full database or any other object or type from the backup. type includes user,login,roles,tempdbbindings,encryption key,encryption password,procedure,table,rule,allocation etc. 2. Generate Master database recovery template which helps user to recover master database easily. 3. Database device recovery, missing device recovery(recovery of physical device file). 4. Generating DDL from backup images. 5. SQL-Backtract provides end-to-end simulated recovery – verifies that backup images require to do recovery are available. Identifies problems before a real recovery is needed. 6. SBT allows full database duplication even with creating new devices same as source or different from source or on existing specified devices. 7. Allows to generate reports: a. Provides a reporting facility that allows to create reports of physical/object level/logical backups, transaction log backups into various formats like TXT,XML,HTML,CSV b. Generates report of backup assets. Also, reports whether asset is available or not. --------------- SQL-BackTrack also allows Disaster Recovery setup. 1. It allows to create standby server same as primary/production server (same/different configuration parameters as of source). 2. Create standby database (read-only database) for accessing data for anyother report purpose and also creates scripts for log synchronization to keep standby database in synchronization with primary/production database. These scripts can be scheduled in any scheduler. 3. Also does health checkup of standby setup. a. Logins synchronization: if any login/user added on the production database then it detects the extra login on production and add it on standby server and log synchronization add user in the database. No manual intervention is required. b. If log backups are taken on production but not synchronized on the standby, then recovers transaction log backups on standby. c. If on production database, any new segment is added on existing device, then it detects the extra segment and add it on the standby database on existing device. d. If standby auto-remedy is set to true and if any sort of error is occured then auto-remedy operation baseline the standby restart the normal log synchronization. 4. If any disastor is occured then it allows to active the standby so that standby will act as production. SQL BackTrack for Sybase(SBT or Back and Recovery manager for databases or BRM) does much more than just backup and recovery.
The main new supported features are like Disaster recovery solution, duplicate database creation with/without device creation, master database recovery template, missing device recovery, database device recovery etc.
Some of the features are given below:
1. Backup Recovery Policy Manager (BRPM) facilitating audit/compliance efforts & centralized monitoring of enterprise B&R environment
2. Apart from TSM, SQL BackTrack for Sybase(SBT) also supports Netbackup and Networker Storage Manager. Both database backup/recovery directly from Storage Manager.
3. SBT keeps history of backups and allows point in time recovery (recovery upto the specified time by managing sequence of transaction log backups) and point of backup recovery.
Also allows to create policies to retain any backup.
Apart for Database backup, it also takes backup of ‘history of backups’ to recover all in DR situation on same or different host.
4. SBT allows staged backups (latest backups on the disk for a. reduce backup time b. faster recovery and later moving to storage manager).
5. SBT can encrypt whole backup by specifying single encryption key.
Also supports encryption feature provided by Sybase.
6. SQL-BackTrack can find out errors upfront without executing backups. Errors like server connection, database availability, destination availability etc.)
7. SQL-BackTrack can perform incremental and delta backup. Only changes occurred to database are backuped up. This can save space & time taking backup
8. SBT supports stripping for faster backup/recovery and also clonning of the images to allow recovery from clonned location if primary location is not available.
9. It also allows to create script automatically. No manual scripting required. These scripts can be scheduled in the sheduler for backup/recovery.
10. It also allows to schedule pre-post script before/after backups/recovery to perform any task before/after backup/recovery.

It also allows guided recovery like
1. Recover full database or any other object or type from the backup.
type includes user,login,roles,tempdbbindings,encryption key,encryption password,procedure,table,rule,allocation etc.
2. Generate Master database recovery template which helps user to recover master database easily.
3. Database device recovery, missing device recovery(recovery of physical device file).
4. Generating DDL from backup images.
5. SQL-Backtract provides end-to-end simulated recovery – verifies that backup images require to do recovery are available. Identifies problems before a real recovery is needed.
6. SBT allows full database duplication even with creating new devices same as source or different from source or on existing specified devices.
7. Allows to generate reports:
a. Provides a reporting facility that allows to create reports of physical/object level/logical backups, transaction log backups into various formats like TXT,XML,HTML,CSV
b. Generates report of backup assets. Also, reports whether asset is available or not.
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SQL-BackTrack also allows Disaster Recovery setup.
1. It allows to create standby server same as primary/production server (same/different configuration parameters as of source).
2. Create standby database (read-only database) for accessing data for anyother report purpose and also creates scripts for log synchronization to keep standby database in synchronization with primary/production database. These scripts can be scheduled in any scheduler.
3. Also does health checkup of standby setup.
a. Logins synchronization: if any login/user added on the production database then it detects the extra login on production and add it on standby server and log synchronization add user in the database.
No manual intervention is required.
b. If log backups are taken on production but not synchronized on the standby, then recovers transaction log backups on standby.
c. If on production database, any new segment is added on existing device, then it detects the extra segment and add it on the standby database on existing device.
d. If standby auto-remedy is set to true and if any sort of error is occured then auto-remedy operation baseline the standby restart the normal log synchronization.

4. If any disastor is occured then it allows to active the standby so that standby will act as production.

]]> Comment on Save money ? Get rid off Sql BackTrack for Sybase. by nickc http://sybase-addict.com/2010/04/17/save-money-get-rid-off-sql-backtrack-for-sybase/comment-page-1/#comment-192 nickc Fri, 07 May 2010 16:15:49 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=756#comment-192 Does anyone know of a way to have Sybase backups encrypted without using SQL Backtrack? Thanks Does anyone know of a way to have Sybase backups encrypted without using SQL Backtrack?

Thanks

]]> Comment on Tell what platform Sybase ASE is running on, with a sql query by dsharp63 http://sybase-addict.com/2010/03/31/tell-what-platform-sybase-ase-is-running-on-with-a-sql-query/comment-page-1/#comment-188 dsharp63 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:13:15 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=735#comment-188 select @@version Should do it also. select @@version

Should do it also.

]]> Comment on “Application Tracing” feature in Sybase ASE v15 by ANSHU http://sybase-addict.com/2010/01/03/application-tracing-feature-in-sybase-ase-v15/comment-page-1/#comment-178 ANSHU Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:53:32 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=463#comment-178 Hi, There is one downside for the application tracing. consider the case where the client connects and disconnects very fast. In that case you won't be able to use app tracing at all. To enable to app tracing for this case, we can enable it through login trigger , we can set one login trigger for all logins or seperate trigger for each login. Trigger will contain all the application tracing logic as mentioned above. SybAnVa http://sybanva.wordpress.com Hi,
There is one downside for the application tracing. consider the case where the client connects and disconnects very fast. In that case you won’t be able to use app tracing at all.
To enable to app tracing for this case, we can enable it through login trigger , we can set one login trigger for all logins or seperate trigger for each login. Trigger will contain all the application tracing logic as mentioned above.

SybAnVa
http://sybanva.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on “Application Tracing” feature in Sybase ASE v15 by sy315.com http://sybase-addict.com/2010/01/03/application-tracing-feature-in-sybase-ase-v15/comment-page-1/#comment-177 sy315.com Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:02:55 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=463#comment-177 Thank you for this sybase online review... Thank you for this sybase online review…

]]> Comment on Find tables with identity columns by DotNetShoutout http://sybase-addict.com/2009/05/23/find-tables-with-identity-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-176 DotNetShoutout Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:30:57 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=161#comment-176 <strong>Find tables with identity columns in Sybase ASE...</strong> Thank you for submitting this cool story - Trackback from DotNetShoutout... Find tables with identity columns in Sybase ASE…

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]]> Comment on Identify Sybase dataserver’s processes easily on Unix by Amit http://sybase-addict.com/2009/12/18/identify-sybase-dataservers-processes-easily-on-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Amit Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:13:59 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=301#comment-174 Hi Aditya i think you have a parameter in your .cfg file of your dataserver.Normaly in $SYBASE/dataserver.cfg. The parameter is " max online engines " . You can modify this paramater as below : max online engines = number_of_processors in your case : max online engines = 3 Reboot your dataserver after modification Hope this helps !!! See ya Hi Aditya

i think you have a parameter in your .cfg file of your dataserver.Normaly in $SYBASE/dataserver.cfg.
The parameter is ” max online engines ” .
You can modify this paramater as below :

max online engines = number_of_processors in your case :

max online engines = 3

Reboot your dataserver after modification

Hope this helps !!!

See ya

]]> Comment on Identify Sybase dataserver’s processes easily on Unix by adityachs http://sybase-addict.com/2009/12/18/identify-sybase-dataservers-processes-easily-on-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-173 adityachs Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:51:12 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=301#comment-173 Hi, I have a solaris server with 8 processors. I need to configured 3 processors for SYBASE. As I am new to Sybase I am unable to go ahead. Any advise will be Please. /Aditya Hi,

I have a solaris server with 8 processors. I need to configured 3 processors for SYBASE. As I am new to Sybase I am unable to go ahead. Any advise will be Please.

/Aditya

]]> Comment on HowTo install Job Scheduler in Sybase ASE by mj http://sybase-addict.com/2009/09/05/howto-install-job-scheduler-in-ase/comment-page-1/#comment-165 mj Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:36:17 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=344#comment-165 hey, i would like to try this soon, so this will help. thx for info. --mj hey,
i would like to try this soon, so this will help.
thx for info.

–mj

]]> Comment on HowTo install Job Scheduler in Sybase ASE by Sybase Geek http://sybase-addict.com/2009/09/05/howto-install-job-scheduler-in-ase/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Sybase Geek Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:59:59 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=344#comment-164 Hi,i have been working as sybase ase dba in one of the major investment banks. This site is great! lot of notes here. Also http://www.sybaseteam.com is good for sybase discussions. Hi,i have been working as sybase ase dba in one of the major investment banks.
This site is great! lot of notes here.
Also http://www.sybaseteam.com is good for sybase discussions.

]]> Comment on ASE v15.0.3 on Linux Slackware, libpam issue… by Jean-François LEBON http://sybase-addict.com/2009/05/24/ase-v15-on-linux-slackware-libpam-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Jean-François LEBON Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:26:08 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=315#comment-160 yes, it works with with ASE 15.0.3 developer editon. That's the Sybase ASE version I'm currently running on my slackware laptop. yes, it works with with ASE 15.0.3 developer editon. That’s the Sybase ASE version I’m currently running on my slackware laptop.

]]> Comment on ASE v15.0.3 on Linux Slackware, libpam issue… by Sri http://sybase-addict.com/2009/05/24/ase-v15-on-linux-slackware-libpam-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Sri Sun, 31 May 2009 17:29:21 +0000 http://sybase-addict.com/?p=315#comment-159 Is this works with ASE 15.0.3 developer editon in slackware?? Is this works with ASE 15.0.3 developer editon in slackware??

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