BMC Updates SQL Server Backup Tool

SQL-BackTrack version 3.0 speeds up basic backup and recovery tasks and adds a new logical extraction feature that will enable database administrators to pick individual objects from physical backup to speed recoveries, the company said.

It can also now back up and recover multiple named instances of the database for higher availability, BMC executives said.

BMC, based here, pledges cross-platform support for all three major database players: Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. And it promises to do so using a consistent, familiar user interface regardless of the database being managed and maintained, a goal which solution providers applaud.

"Many big Oracle shops now also have some SQL boxes running mission-critical stuff. They may not want to hire a SQL Server [database administrator] for them. This enables the Oracle DBA to handle the SQL Server tasks," said Dan Behm, president of OST, a Grand Rapids-based VAR specializing in health-care and ERP applications.

SQL Server is entrenching itself now in mission-critical applications and, as such, requires advanced management and performance tools, Behm added.

The product will be available next week, the company said, and will start at $4,045 for up to 25 gigabytes of storage.

BMC competes with Quest Software in database management tools.