Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)

Would make sense!

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-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Justin
Piszcz
Sent: 20 June 2007 17:50
To: King, Cheryl
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)


It is what is recommended if you read the documentation, possibly to fix 
any pre-update bugs before upgrading to 6.0 perhaps? :)

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, King, Cheryl wrote:

> Why do you say v5.1 MP6 first?  Sorry I've been away from the list for 
> a long time.  I know I'm out of touch but glad to be back.  You guys 
> rock!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:31 AM
> To: King, Cheryl
> Cc: rcarlisle; Ed Wilts; WEAVER, Simon (external); 
> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
>
> That is a good question.  BTW I'd suggest to upgrade to 5.1MP6 before 
> goign to 6.5, at least this is best practice.
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, King, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> We're on Solaris v5.1 MP5.  Will we need to upgrade to 6.0 before 
>> going to 6.5?  Anyone know?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
>> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
>> rcarlisle
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:37 AM
>> To: 'Justin Piszcz'; 'Ed Wilts'
>> Cc: 'WEAVER, Simon (external)'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
>>
>>
>> 6.0 Was a MAJOR rewrite of code that was long overdue.  I think 
>> issues were to be expected.  6.5 is a regular enhancement release so 
>> I don't expect you will see the same challenges as going to 6.0.  I 
>> think part of the delay in releasing the code was to make sure it was 
>> as stable as it could possibly be going out the door. If you are 
>> moving from 5.X to 6.5, there is still all the same pre-work that 
>> needs to be done to make sure the upgrade is successful however.
>>
>>
>>
>> Reneé Carlisle
>> ServerWare Corporation
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
>> Justin Piszcz
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:10 AM
>> To: Ed Wilts
>> Cc: 'WEAVER, Simon (external)'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
>>
>> Hopefully 6.5 won't be a nightmare like 6.0?  (until 6.0MP4 anyway)
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Ed Wilts wrote:
>>
>>> There have been lots of articles covering the announcement but 6.5 is
not
>>> yet shipping.   You won't get any thoughts on how well it works until
this
>>> fall (rumors have it that 6.5 will ship in August).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are certainly some nice features in 6.5.  One of the articles 
>>> I read says that the BMR functionality is now included for free in 
>>> 6.5 - it was separately licensed in 6.0.  The integration with 
>>> VMware 3.0 is really
>> cool
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=126335
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>               ./Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Ed Wilts,  RHCE, BCFP
>>>
>>> Mounds View, MN, USA
>>>
>>> mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
>>>
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>>> http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=821118
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>>> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
>>> WEAVER, Simon (external)
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:25 AM
>>> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
>>> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Any takers yet?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://esj.com/product_news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=1228
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts.... sounds promising!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Simon Weaver
>>> 3rd Line Technical Support
>>> Windows Domain Administrator
>>>
>>> EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
>>> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
>>>
>>> Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net
>>>
>>>
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