Hi, Assume i have 300 MB of .bak file. When i use https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/sqlserver/sqlvirtualdatabase 1. The virtual database takes...
SQL Safe Backup
Daylight Saving Time bug strikes again
While I get it, Idera appears to have no intention of ever fixing this bug, perhaps they don't know how to fix it, but I want to bring it up yet...
Question concerning Disk Space Savings on SQLsafe Today dashboard
On the Disk Space Savings section of the SQLsafe Today dashboard, what do the size parameters represent? The amount of savings (i.e., 140 GB for...
Installation issues with 8.2 and 8.3
For months now we've had issues with installation of 8.2 and now 8.3. Remote installs from the Management Console fail constantly with no...
product-oriented educational blog posts for SQL Safe Backup
Here is a list of product-oriented educational blog posts for SQL Safe Backup: A Short Introduction to the SQL Safe Command Line Interface (CLI)...
Backup mirroring
Two short questions about your Backup tool: – does the mirroring work for every SQL Server Edition (or only Enterprise as the native) –...
Credentials needed when creating Virtual Database
Hi all, i have two domains, one for production, one for dev, i have take backups of my production databases and want to make them virtual whith...
SQL Safe & Database Optimizer
I understand that using SQL Safe to backup and restore will allow instant access to Data and we can Read & Write. We have TB size backup(Native...
Idera Backup Agent and .NET Framework 4.5.2
I just wanted to verify that there are no known issues with the Idera SQL Safe Backup Agent version 7.2.1.26 and .NET Framework 4.5.2. One of the...
Data Domain Setup
Is there any documentation for configuring Data Domain backup destinations? We are currently using SQLSafe 7.2.1.26 and would love to be able to...
Issue with using sqlvdbcmd command line to create virtual database
I’ve been using SQL virtual database console UI for a few years now and am exploring using the command line tool in order to automate...
SQLvdb Filter Service version 8.0.0.423: License has expired.
Hi, We are using SQLSafe on multiple servers in our company. Recently we’re seeing ‘SQLvdb Filter Service version 8.0.0.423: License has...
Log exports
Why does SQLSafe 7.4 not have the ability to export log entries from the SQLSafe Management Console? It’s all SQL based, generating and...
Persisting Errors on Last Operation Status
Hello, We are seeing errors from a failed backup almost a year ago that persist in the Last Operation Status area of the Polices. Although we re-ran...
SQL Safe Backup compatibility with TSM
Regarding this product, its “tech specs” (www.idera.com/.../systemrequirements) has a section titled “Supported TSM...
Transactional Replication & SQLSafe
As far as you know, is using SQLSafe with a Transactional Replication System safe? I have an instance, both Publisher and Distributor, that I use...
Moving a repository Database
Are there any special considerations for moving a SQL Safe repository database to a new server, other than detach/attach ? or do you recommend...
Pass through authentication
I’m working on a SQL Safe implementation for a customer whose SQL Server are not domain members. So pass through authentication seems to be...
Instance Restore vs Virtual Database?
Have any of you tried the InstantRestore feature of SQLSafe? Currently playing with it and looks like its pretty neat, being able to restore a...
Cancel multiple jobs at one time
If a policy contains several dbs and for some reason the backups need stopped immediately the only current solution is to right click, Cancel every...
Auto full backup if new db added
I’d like to see an option to initiate a full backup immediately after a new db is added to a server. For example, if at 10AM a DBA adds a new...
SQLSafe CPU usage limits
I get that we have options for compression level and the number of threads to use, but what would be really more helpful would be to have SQLSafe...
Rename policy
I’d really like to be able to rename a policy. We’ve used SQLSafe for several years and some of our policies have changed over time but...
SQLSafe Management Console logging deficiency
For years now the SQLSafe Management Console has restricted the number of lines of recent backups it displays to 1,000. We have some policies that...