I’ve just tested our 6.5.6 Client kit against RHEL6 and it installs and runs fine. As others have noted before for RHEL5 it does require a couple of 32-bit
libraries to be installed. I do find it mildly curious that the client binary is 32-bit when at NetBackup 7 it has to be 64-bit without the option. I’ve not looked at the server kit, nor fancy stuff like SAN Client, FT Media Server.
I’d agree that so long as you do not *use* new file system features there may be no problem. Of course I’ve no idea what Symantec will put in their
compatibility matrix, but they would be unpopular if they only provide support in 7.n
I would not say that the Admins are anxious to use it, but they are anxious to be ready to use it when someone holds a gun to their head and says “we told
the business that they can have it next week” J. It’s always best to be forewarned if there is
going to be a major hold-up.
William D L Brown
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]
On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: 03 December 2010 22:11
To: Wayne Smith
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] RHEL 6 and NetBackup 6.5 and 7.0
The earliest release I would expect to see client support in would be 7.1 (aka Denali) which just exited beta (according to a public seminar I was at today). RHEL 6 is so new, however, that it might not have made it in there yet. 7.1
won't ship until Q1/2011.
I would GUESS that if you stuck to ext3 or at least avoided things like extended attributes that you wouldn't have any issues you couldn't work around although you wouldn't be officially supported. RHEL 6 was just released - I'm a small
bit surprised that sysadmins are hot to use it in PRODUCTION. dev maybe, but PRODUCTION?
.../Ed
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Wayne Smith <wts AT maine DOT edu> wrote:
Hi all,
Some of my sysadmins are getting hot to use the new RHEL 6 in their production systems.
Has Symantec discussed support for RHEL 6?
Are there experiences you can share on RHEL 6 and NetBackup 6.5 and/or 7.0?
