you can see the detailed differences here in the 5.1 release notes:


http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/268085.htm

[I happen to really like the fact that duplication now uses
shared memory as appropriate, for its communication buffering...]

HTH
rob


On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:16:05AM -0600 or thereabouts, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:54:29AM +0100, Drunen van, Marcel wrote:
> > Does anyone know the most significant differences between NetBackup 5.0
> > and 5.1? We are currently at 5.0MP4, what to gain form going to 5.1MP2?
> 
> I believe that encryption and a Linux master server are the only major
> enhancements.  
> 
> The word we got from a NetBackup product manager was that unless you
> need the features that are in 5.1, wait until 6.0MP1.  All the
> maintenance paks for 5.1 will also be issued for 5.0.
> 
>         .../Ed
> 
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