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Quest Software Introduces Quest Backup Reporter for Oracle
April 2011 by Marc Jacob
Quest Software, Inc. announced Quest® Backup Reporter for Oracle, a lightweight desktop solution that provides database administrators (DBAs) with a dashboard view of all the Oracle backups they’re managing. Quest Backup Reporter for Oracle simplifies and cuts the time needed to report on the status of Oracle backups, and reduces the risk associated with failed or poorly performing backups.
With increasing pressure for DBAs to execute and control their organization’s backups in multi-server, high data-volume environments, there is a growing need for a tool that provides more than one level of backup reporting. Quest Backup Reporter for Oracle fills a gap in the market by giving DBAs the ability to view all Oracle backups across the entire enterprise from a single-screen dashboard for quick and easy viewing, in addition to drill-down views into a single database for more detailed reporting.
DBAs are empowered to be more proactive in their backup strategies with the product’s customizable alerts and notifications. Quest Backup Reporter tracks a variety of reporting metrics that increase the quality of backup reporting, while giving DBAs peace of mind, such as:
– Backup Performance – tracks real-time and historical backup performance to get ahead of imminent problems that could compromise the DBA’s ability to recover a database
– Backup Storage Consumption and Growth Rates – reports on how much space backup devices are consuming now, and over a longer period of time, to help minimize backup failures
– Backup Health Check – delivers advisories on problems that may affect database recoverability, with recommendations developed by Quest’s Oracle experts
– Backup Policy Reporting – notifies users if there is violation of backup policy to ensure backup strategies are effective and SLAs are being met
– Backup Schedule Overview – enables DBAs to quickly plan and view scheduled Oracle backups across the entire data center
Quest Backup Reporter for Oracle will be generally available on April 21.
