Regarding this product, its “tech specs” (www.idera.com/.../systemrequirements) has a section titled “Supported TSM...
SQL Safe Backup
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...
Best practices with other backup software
How does SQL Safe work in conjunction with server-level backup? We currently use Symantec Netbackup for server-level backup. Would I leave the...
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...
SP to generate SQL safe commands for restore using latest backup sets
I had a need to restore backups to different servers and use the most current backup sets, Full, Differential and Transaction log. The existing...
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...
SQLSafe update notices
I get that marketing sends out updates when new builds of SQLSafe are available to those with maintenance contracts; however, marketing bombards us...
SQLSafe 7.4 bugs
I’ve grown a bit disillusioned with SQLSafe over the past few years. Inconvenient bugs just drive me nuts. The most recent two are: 1) We...
SQLSafe Silent Installs
Is there documentation for doing scripted/silent installs of SQLSafe?ResponsesHi Matt, To register an agent with a Management Service during silent...
Automatic detecting and performing full backup
Hi , I’m using SQL Safe backup v7.2. When a new db is created and diff/log backup runs on the database(for the first time) the backup fails...
Excluding Simple Recovery Model Databases from Membership on Policies
Is there any way to keep from getting errors when you choose USER DATABASES on the membership tab of the transaction log backup policy definition...
dbo.mc_EnumPolicyLocations performance
Recently, when attempting to create a new Restore Policy, we’ve found that the SQLSafe Management Console will sit and spin for about 30...
Windows Server 2012 Cluster Support ETA?
We are migrating one of our servers to a clustered SQL installation on top of a Windows Server 2012 R2 Fail Over Cluster. Went with 2012 to take...
SQLSafeRepository Database cleanup script
I am looking for a script to cleanup old backup/restore data from a SQLSafeRepository database, as this database is significantly larger than I...
Any ETA for SQLsafe to support SQL Server 2014?
We’re planning an upgrade of our database environment from SQL Server 2008 SP2 to SQL Server 2014. As part of that upgrade planning, the...
Restore Permissions
I’m getting the following error when trying to restore to a different server (initiating log shipping). What security context do the...
CDP server sizing and data retention question
May 15, 2014 at 3:44 pm #608 MattLeeParticipant Hi 1) Are there any information on how CDP servers should be sized for backup of e.g. 300 Virtual...