[Veritas-bu] Dilemma...need some info.

Well, I have a dilemma and need my fella NBU guys to provide me some ammo. My management is looking into alternative backup solutions. I am ok with looking at other vendors that specialize in one or two products…we are looking into CommVault and dare I say it…Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager. I saw a demo of DPM quite some time ago and almost instantly was not a fan. It is a total Microsoft support platform so it will work well with other MS applications. At the moment I cannot remember all of the down falls I thought it had but the few I can remember are:

Won’t backup Oracle

Won’t backup SAP

Won’t backup ESX hosts

And while I was in this demo, I drifted off since I really did not realize that management was seriously considering it. And as most Executive managers, they see the bottom line. Their main driving focus is the fact that since we pay so much for MOM and SMS, we would be getting DPM for free. GREAT! But my philosophy is you get what you paid for.

So I reach out to all of you to help a guy out and start throwing me items that I can punch holes into DPM. I really, really do not want to support another Microsoft product. I beg all of you, please help me out.

My environment is mostly MS servers, Oracle, SQL, VMware, SAP, Exchange, some UNIX.

Thanks

Dan Cruice

Deloitte Technology Service

Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu

Direct: +1 610-479-5179

Fax: +1 610-479-6179

E-mail: dcruice AT deloitte DOT com

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