sorry guys, but I will have to agree.
when I implemented 3.4, I was given the CD, and a box of
books from Veritas. I was expected to read them in my own time. In fact, the
manuals were so big, I had very little choice in the matter. I should not have
to give up my own personal time, but I did.
I would prefer something short and simple. I do use some
PDF's for online agents or seperate licensed products that integrated into NBU,
but to be expected to read large manuals is something I just cannot always
do.
Like Jonathan said, he regrets spending his time reading
the manuals, when his own personal time should be with his family. I regret it,
but how can I be expected (at the time) to read the manuals, and implement a
solution within 1 week!!! it was a case of hands on, learning by my (serious)
errors and understanding, and in the end, taking the work home with me.
How sad is that ! But I guess we all had to start
somewhere.....
Thats my 20p worth! and not a penny more
:-)
Simon
Hence the "quick start guide." Thankfully most
software vendors seem to have "caught on." i.e. I don't want to read
800 pages of technical nonsense, most of which I may never need, to get their
product's basic functionality working. Sure, sure when I want to go
configuring Oracle or SAP or SharePoint I need to peruse that length document
for technical assist but I don't have that kind of time if all I want to do is
run a simple backup on Windows or Linux or whatever. This is backup
software, and I want to do backups with it. If I wanted a fortnight's read
I'd have taken an English class. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that a
competent admin doesn't need to be familiar with the ends and out of a
product. But if you are just taking a new software for a "test drive" then
why all the hassle? I never put anything into production without kicking
its tires a few times in dev, and what happens if in Dev I found out the product
isn't going to meet muster? I regret all the time spent reading their
)!*&#$^ admin guide instead of playing with my wife / kids / Halo 3 / what
have you.
Just
my $.02
-Jonathan
I have
my doubts.
You'd
be surprised how many folks skip the product manuals and go straight for the
O'Reilly books
--
While on the surface
it seems reasonable to say look at the manuals/pdfs it seems that someone that
went to the effort of buying and reading a 3rd party book probably
has already done that so. Therefore the admonishment would be
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