Bingo!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner AT water DOT com]
Sent: Fri 8/17/2007 10:17 AM
To: Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills); Sesar, Steven L.; Ed Wilts
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?

Like they said going to 6.5 should be less painful than upgrading to
6.0.  However, as others said it is sometimes a good idea to wait to see
what the experiences of the bleeding edge folks are (especially for your
production environments).



The question is - would we keep going to the same dentist if every time
he sent us home with a sample of toothpaste it caused another tooth to
fall out within a week of brushing with it?



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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Cruice,
Daniel (US - Glen Mills)
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:04 AM
To: Steven L. Sesar; Ed Wilts
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?



I am pretty new to the whole NBU environment, pretty much got involved
w/ 6.0MP4 so I missed the "fun" of the 6.0 roll-out.  What is the
consensus w/ 6.5?  Even thought it was just released, what is the
comfort level within the NBU environment?  Do you guys think this
release will be minimal with bugs or are we to prepare for a disaster
rolling it out without waiting for MP1?  I know that is a shot in the
dark question and guess a little of trying to predict the future, but I
simply trying to determine if we roll it out or hang tight for a while.
Feels like going to the Dentist, you know you have to go to get
something fix, but you know there is a possibility of pain
involved...:-)



Thanks

Dan

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From: Steven L. Sesar [mailto:ssesar AT mitre DOT org]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:06 AM
To: Ed Wilts
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?



Ed Wilts wrote:








MP1 probably won't be out until the end of the year and if nobody
upgrades to 6.5, we won't see many fixes in MP1 - that's the problem
that made 6.0MP3 still a rotten release.   Once users upgraded to MP3,
some of the critical bug reports rolling in got the executive's
attention and 6.0 didn't stabilize until MP4.






You illustrate a good point. In my not-so-humble opinion, Symantec has
relied way too much on R&D in the field by their customers. I get that
where there's software, there may be bugs, but this product was released
in a broken state. Their QA really dropped the ball with this release.










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   email: ssesar AT mitre DOT org

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