FastBac

Fastbac is a utility that prepares an Rocket U2 database for backup with minimal interruption to the users of the database - typically a few seconds at most. It currently requires that the database is a recent version of U2 running on a recent version of AIX. Sites that are accustomed to having users logged out of the database during a backup no longer have that requirement! This is an incredible benefit to sites operational 24/7, sites with a very small backup window, and sites where remote or internet database access is offered around-the-clock.

Fastbac utilizes functionality built into recent U2 database products and AIX to temporarily suspend database writes while a 'picture' of the database is taken. This entire process typically consumes less than 60 seconds to complete; some sites are experiencing periods of no more than 5 seconds of being unable to write to the database, which most users don't notice. This 'picture' can then be used to complete a backup to tape without interfering with the current users of the database, and/or to duplicate the database to another set of disks connected to this or another system with sufficient disk space to maintain electronic copies of the database.

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