> Don't use NMM! It uses the SQL VSS Writer which does not support 
> transaction log backups, something every SQL DBA wants.
> 
> Start with NMSQL, which will merge into NMM 2.4 in 1H 2012

So NMSQL will be going away, then, to be replaced by NMM, next year?

Should NMM be used to backup AD? Or should I just continue to use NW 
7.6.2? Luckily, we've never had to do a full AD restore, or even restore a 
DC before. Are we fully covered by only using the "regular" NW 7.6.2.3 on 
our DCs?

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> ] On Behalf Of Michael Leone
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:35 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Confused - Networker Module for MS Apps is the 
> successor to NW Module for SQL, and more?
> 
> I use the NW Modules for SQL Server a lot (a dozen or so instances). Am 
I 
> correct in understanding that the SQL Module is (or will be) 
discontinued, 
> and that I should be transitioning all my SQL servers over to use the NW 

> Modules for MS Applications?
> 
> The part I find confusing is that the description says:
> 
> The EMC(r) NetWorker(r) Module for Microsoft Applications release
> 2.3 (NMM) uses Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
> technology to provide backup and recovery services for:
> ? Filesystems
> ? Application data for the following Microsoft applications:
> ? SQL
> 
> That mention of "filesystems" is what's confusing me, I guess. The 
regular 
> NW User client program understands filesystems, too. I would think that 
> the NMM would for specific types of applications only (like the SQL, 
> Oracle, etc, listed in the description). But it also says "Active 
> Directory" as one of it's applications. (yes, AD is based on an 
LDAP-like 
> database).
> 
> So should I be using this new module for all my SQL servers, as well as 
> all my AD servers? Is the old SQL Module software being retired, and 
> end-of-life? If so, I'm presuming EMC will just replace all my old 
> instances of SQL Module licenses with licenses for the succeeding 
product 
> (NMM)? And I continue to pay yearly maintenance, just now for NMM?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel:  215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
> <mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
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