We abandoned Backup Reporter early in the 5.x era and moved to Aptare.
We haven't installed 6.5 yet but previous releases have provided better
reports than the old Backup Reporter.  I am not impressed by Aptare tech
support at all though.  It appears to be a relatively small company with
a great product.  If the install goes good and the product is stable,
you'll have great reports whenever you need them.  If anything goes
wrong, plan for some down time because Aptare doesn't appear to have too
many Engineers on the tech support line.  I'm in Houston and it's 10
o'clock my time before I can even get someone on the phone in the
morning.  But when it works, it provides just about everything I could
want in a reporting tool.

Thanks,
Randy


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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of
Forester, Jack L
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 3:53 PM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Aptare Storage Console vs. Veritas Backup Reporter

I'm looking at reporting tools for NetBackup, and was wondering if
anyone has done a head-to-head comparison of Storage Console vs. Backup
Reporter.  Aptare has always received high praise here, and the Veritas
product, well, has never been mentioned in the same breath as Aptare.
I've heard that Backup reporter has improved over the years, but can it
yet hold a candle to Storage Console?

Jack L. Forester, Jr.
UNIX Systems Administrator, Stf
Lockheed Martin Information Technology
(304) 625-3946

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