Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrade to 6.5 or 6.0MP4

Gabe,

NetBackup 6.5 is huge feature release, not a Maintenance Pack for NBU 6.0.

NBU 6.5 adds things like SAN Client, a new Open Disk API for better support of Storage and VTL’s. When PureDisk 6.5 comes out, it will support PureDisk media servers, etc.

It is a huge feature release.

You should ask for an update from you Symantec Sales Team.

Dave

David K. Carpe

Principal Systems Engineer

Symantec Corporation

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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 Rosenkoetter, Gabriel
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrade to 6.5 or 6.0MP4

I was under the impression, from Symantas sales folks, that 6.5 essentially *was* 6.0 MP5, without any real feature adds. Did that change somewhere along the way?

(As it happens, we're planning a hop from 5.1MP5 to 6.5 "soon"...)

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gabriel rosenkoetter
Radian Group Inc, Unix/Linux/VMware Sysadmin / Backup & Recovery
gabriel.rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz, 215 231 1556

From: Cornely, David [mailto:David_Cornely AT intuit DOT com]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:52 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrade to 6.5 or 6.0MP4

Well, I’d say got to 6.0 MP5 (not MP4) since it addresses some issues in MP4, specifically things we’ve had issues with.

I’m always very hesitant to move to any new software version of any product, be it Netbackup or anything else.

But with Netbackup I’ve learned not to touch it until at least MP2 is out – clearly Symantec, like most software companies, considers time to market more important than addressing all bugs out of the gate so I strongly suggest 6.0MP5 unless there is a feature only available in 6.5 that you absolutely must have… caveat emptor.

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of alex.gerber AT sepracor DOT com
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 09:10
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Upgrade to 6.5 or 6.0MP4

Hi there,

I am looking for opinions whether or not to go to 6.5 or 6.0MP4

Currently on 5.1MP6/Solaris – Master/ Solaris, Linux, Windows, Exchange, VM – Clients/ Flashbackup, BareMetal, Oracle raw partitions, - future options

Alex Gerber

CISSP, CISA

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator

Sepracor Inc.

p. 508.357.7445

f. 508.357.7777

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