I have no first-hand knowledge of why we do not have a MySQL agent. But I can make a general comment:
Just because it is "open source" does not mean that it is guaranteed that IBM will support it. There has to be a sufficient market for the item to justify (a) the expenditure of the necessary resources necessary to develop and test the item, and (b) the prioritization of that item over the many thousands of other requirements that we have. I would recommend that anyone interested in this item should open a formal requirement with IBM. While there are never any guarantees that opening a requirement will ensure fulfillment, the more customers we see interested in a given requirement, the more attention it is likely to receive. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2005-06-02 07:38:07: > That's a funny aspect... No money in it, due to the fact that's > freeware? And here I thought the money was in selling the licenses > for the agents... or do you know something we don't know? > > If there is enough MySQL running out there, there should be a market > for a TDP agent to back it up - in fact people using MySQL will > initially have saved money on the database - so they might have some > money left over for an backup client... and with the numbers of > MySQL databases runnin "out there" there must be a market... > > So I don't think the money issue is the problem here - but maybe the > result of an strategic idea... and with IBM as a spokesman for Open > Source software it's a funny result. > > > regards > Flemming > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af > Richard Sims > Sendt: 2. juni 2005 13:22 > Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Emne: Re: Backing up MySQL question > > > On Jun 2, 2005, at 4:37 AM, Farren Minns wrote: > > > We have a Linux (Suse 9), server running a MySQL 4.1.10 database > > and are > > currently looking at ways of backing it up. Does anyone out there > > have any > > experience with the TDP for MySQL client and if so does it have to > > run on a > > Windows platform? > > > > My knowledge of Windows and MySQL are sketchy at best so I have > > probably > > not provided enough information. > > No one has experience with the TDP for MySQL client: there is no such > thing. > MySQL is one of those freebee, open software applications where > there's no > money in it for IBM to devote resources to a TDP client. > > What IBM suggests for MySQL backups can be found at: > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp3980.html > > Also, search the List archives for "MySQL" and "My SQL" for past > discussions. > > Richard Sims > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > www.kmd.dk www.kundenet.kmd.dk www.eboks.dk www.civitas.dk > www.netborger.dk > > Hvis du har modtaget denne mail ved en fejl vil jeg gerne, at du > informerer mig og sletter den. > KMD skaber it-services, der fremmer effektivitet hos det offentlige, > erhvervslivet og borgerne. > > If you received this e-mail by mistake, please notify me and delete > it. Thank you. > Our mission is to enhance the efficiency of the public sector and > improve its service of the general public.
