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Re: [Networker] 7.3.2 level of stability as of June 2007?

2007-06-14 17:35:14
Subject: Re: [Networker] 7.3.2 level of stability as of June 2007?
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:30:53 -0400
I heartily concur. I upgraded to 7.3.2 JumboUpdate1 (build 368) on May 30. On May 31, I upgraded again to build 399 (only on the solaris server this time) and I have not had a single day where I was not talking with EMC about something not being quite right since. I still have three open service requests and I'm told that 7.3.2 JumboUpdate2 is almost out the door (for the second time) and that 7.4 will be out real soon now...

If I didn't need the LTO-4 support that 7.3.2JumboUpdate1 gave me, I would be looking for a way to go back.

Frank

Librado Pamintuan wrote:
I am also sitting on the fence regarding the upgrade from v7.2.2 (jumbo patch) 
to v7.3.x. We just upgraded our Red Hat kernel from ES3 to ES4 and due to this, 
I am having some issues on sluggish response time on nsrjb commands (both 
command line and GUI), but other than, we are very stable, server and clients 
are still happy talking to each other.
It's almost summer, unless there is an urgent need to upgrade your backup server and end up spending your summer time fixing it, don't upgrade yet. Leave it as is, so that other backup admin/operators still can manage your backups while you are away for a week or 2 on camping or fishing :) regards, Librado Pamintuan
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Ty Young <Phillip_Young AT I2 DOT COM> 14/Jun/2007 9:06 am >>>
Hi list,

I've read through the postings but haven't seen anything real recently
about the stability of 7.3.2 as of 6/2007.   It looks like Jumbo Update 1
came out not too long ago, according to PowerLink, so I'm wondering if this
(7.3.2, with Jumbo Update 1 applied) is finally a stable version to which I
could consider upgrading.

Currently I'm enjoying a generally hassle-free administration task of a
NetWorker 7.2.1 (Solaris) server and over 400 Win32, Win64 and various Unix
clients of over 25 TB per week, so I'm not in a huge hurry to update ...

-ty

Phillip T. ("Ty") Young, DMA
Manager, Data Center and Backup/Recovery Services
Information Services
i2 Technologies, Inc.

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