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FairCom DB can be configured to provide a powerful backup capability to ensure data integrity via the Dynamic Dump feature. Periodic backups provide a means to recover from problems or roll back the database to a former known “good” state at a specific point in time.
The FairCom DB Dynamic Dump feature provides a safe, secure method to back up your data while the server is fully operational. This avoids the downtime of shutting down the server for a complete backup of all of the files. Using transaction logs, Dynamic Dump is able to provide an online solution for data backup. Powerful restore and roll forward utilities give you ultimate control over your final database state.
While the FairCom DB Dynamic Dump does provide facilities for files not under transaction control, these files do not receive the benefit of data consistency, as data and index files are backed up individually. By default, the Dynamic Dump also stores an entire backup into a single data stream, a file, regardless of the number of files backed up. In addition, when restoring these files, the directory structure had to be in place to allow the files to be properly relocated. Even more restrictive was the fact that important non-c-tree files could not be backed up.
FairCom has greatly enhanced the Dynamic Dump and restore features of FairCom DB. Now, applications that don’t employ transaction processing can enjoy full online backup capabilities with data consistency maintained. New options allow the Dynamic Dump to store the backed up files in a “native” file and directory format for simple copy and restore operations. Needed directory paths are detected and re-created as needed during the restore operation. Finally, even non c-tree files can now be backed up and restored.
