Need clarifcation of your statements. Let me explain. TDP SQL does not only do FULL backups of the SQL DB's, but can also do LOG backups - live and it will not put these logs on disk, it backs them up to TSM server like the FULL backups. Now when the LOG backup happens, it truncates the SQL transaction log for the DB's backed up on completion of the LOG backup.
Now if the LOG backups are done by DBA's through SQL only and these logs files are put on disk somewhere for a regular TSM B/A client to pick up, then that is a different story. You need to know how often, naming convention etc. that the DBA's use so you can adequately back these up. They may delete these by their own method after a certain time, say after the next FULL backup. This requires more planning on your and DBA's part to work correctly. We use both LOG backup methods here with a number of variations for various reasons. In some cases we do hourly LOG backups We have done successful restores of DB and LOGs for both situations. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/04/02 09:17AM >>> We have a requirement to restore the transaction logs back to their disk location either on the orginal or an alternate server or to be able to post process the transaction logs as disk files some kind of way before they get deleted after a TDP for SQL Server Backup. My DBAs tell me SQL server deletes the transaction logs immediately after a backup which presents a problem for a third party utility we want to do auditing with. Any ideas? Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following annotations on 12/04/2002 11:43:06 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ==============================================================================
