Surprisingly, I still see some of my customers using Sql BackTrack to backup their Sybase ASE databases, even with simple backup strategy such as "dump database"… Sql BackTrack is a great third tool package to complete the "backup/restore tools" provided by Sybase ASE. But Sql BackTrack license cost can be very expensive. In this hard economic area, you can help your company to cut costs by skipping Sql BackTrack. How ? By using only new backup features Sybase implemented this last decade, and some work !
When I discuss with my customers the reasons why they use Sql BackTrack, they answer:
1°) "on the fly" backup compression capability.
2°) restore objects DDL (tables indexes views etc…) from backups files.
3°) databases are saved directly to TSM thanks to the OBSI module (additional cost).
For each key requirements mentioned above, Sybase has a solution or a workaround for it ! Read more…
