I have to agree.  7.4.1 was extremely painful - took months to get
fixed. 

Once 7.4.5.x came out, that's been pretty stable.  Upgraded a couple of
weeks ago to 7.5.1.8, and that's been fairly stable.   Make sure you get
the latest patches for it, as 7.5.1 had some issues.  

7.5.2 is on the radar soon, as we need the 2008 R2 compatibility. 

We still have one server on 7.2.2, and will be upgrading that one in a
few weeks to either 7.5.1.8 or 7.5.2.

David M. Browning Jr.
IT Project Coordinator Enterprise Backups and Help Desk

 
-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Mark Leese
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:33 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] 7.2 upgrades...

On 10 March 2010 18:51, Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT uvm DOT edu> wrote:

> On 3/10/10 11:16 AM, Eugene Vilensky wrote:
> > So what's the latest word on upgrades from 7.2?  Is 7.6 a viable
> > option or is 7.4/7.5 more "fully cooked"?  We're not really looking
> > for features so much as support for the latest client platforms and
> > stability.
>
> At this very moment 7.5sp2 has the most current OS support (It's the
first
> one out the door
> that supports Windows 2008 R2).  7.6sp1 should be along in a little
bit,
> and it too will
> support Windows 2008 R2.  I suspect that 7.4sp5 is close enough to
EOSL
> that it won't be
> updated (or if I read between the lines of what I'm told by support --
it
> can't be updated) to

support 2008 R2.
>
>
At the mo I would agree with the above.. Anything between 7.3 and 7.5.0
is
worth skipping, with 7.5.1 some good (stable) features were added. 7.5.2
should bring in more stability - having used 7.5.1 for a while now I can
say
it is fairly stable, so SP2 should be even bette. 7.6 is still early in
life
so better waiting for  7.6 SP2 and later in my opinion.

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