Comments on: Idera SQLsafe v4.5 Review: Too Many Showstopper Bugs http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2007/09/idera-sqlsafe-v45-review-too-many-showstopper-bugs/ SQL Server DBA blog with news for database administrators. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:13:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Idera SQLsafe Followup: Problems with Restoring Databases : BrentOzar.com http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2007/09/idera-sqlsafe-v45-review-too-many-showstopper-bugs/#comment-4868 Idera SQLsafe Followup: Problems with Restoring Databases : BrentOzar.com Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:37:55 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2007/09/idera-sqlsafe-v45-review-too-many-showstopper-bugs/#comment-4868 [...] a couple days of my original blog entry, “Idera SQLsafe v4.5 Review: Too Many Showstopper Bugs“, I was contacted by staff at Idera. They agreed about the issues, and pledged to correct [...] [...] a couple days of my original blog entry, “Idera SQLsafe v4.5 Review: Too Many Showstopper Bugs“, I was contacted by staff at Idera. They agreed about the issues, and pledged to correct [...]

]]> By: LC http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2007/09/idera-sqlsafe-v45-review-too-many-showstopper-bugs/#comment-4822 LC Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:33:04 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2007/09/idera-sqlsafe-v45-review-too-many-showstopper-bugs/#comment-4822 I came across a Kevin Kline article (96463) in sqlmag this month. It's a link to the automated db scripts from Microsoft's site. I haven't tried the scripts myself (I wrote my own automated scripts) but it sounds promising: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/0/C/40CBAD9A-D990-450B-8785-F288CEBFB448/AITSCRIPTS.ZIP fwiw, I'm on version 4.0 of SQLSafe and yes they have some nitpicky bugs (not cluster aware, no silent install option a la SQL2005, mgt console bugs), but their backups under 4.0 have been running smooth thus far. I'm not sticking up for them b/c I've been through some pain as well, but as a barebones backup utility they run fairly fast compared to the competition (I had a bake-off as well and chose SQLSafe over the others). Thanks for the info on version 4.5. Since I don't plan to use their policy mgt functionality or OLR I may take it for a whirl. LC I came across a Kevin Kline article (96463) in sqlmag this month. It’s a link to the automated db scripts from Microsoft’s site. I haven’t tried the scripts myself (I wrote my own automated scripts) but it sounds promising:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/0/C/40CBAD9A-D990-450B-8785-F288CEBFB448/AITSCRIPTS.ZIP

fwiw, I’m on version 4.0 of SQLSafe and yes they have some nitpicky bugs (not cluster aware, no silent install option a la SQL2005, mgt console bugs), but their backups under 4.0 have been running smooth thus far. I’m not sticking up for them b/c I’ve been through some pain as well, but as a barebones backup utility they run fairly fast compared to the competition (I had a bake-off as well and chose SQLSafe over the others). Thanks for the info on version 4.5. Since I don’t plan to use their policy mgt functionality or OLR I may take it for a whirl.

LC

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