Actually Sys Admins in general would
prefer to use RHEL6 over RHEL5.5 simply because RHEL6 has newer base packages
of many software packages. RedHat backports bug and security fixes into their
modified version of the base packages but some features simply don’t get
there. When RHEL5 first came out we pushed it as the solution for
installations even when the documentation for 3rd party apps didn’t
yet deal with it. Trying to get people to upgrade the OS later is difficult so
it is much better when you can put the latest OS on the server in the first
place.
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of William Brown
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6:16 AM
To:
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] RHEL 6
and NetBackup 6.5 and 7.0
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
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On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: 03 December 2010 22:11
To: Wayne Smith
Cc:
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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?
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