I'm a bit confused.. are you saying then that a newer Netware client will
be able to browse and recover savesets backed up with the old release?
Robert Maiello
Thomson Healthcare
On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:24:17 -0500, George Raetzke <a02gar1 AT WPO.CSO.NIU DOT
EDU>
wrote:
>Yes I am here, our spring semester ended here at the University and have
>been swamped.
>
>My understanding is there are two networker for netware releases. One
>due shortly that will support NetWare 6.5 and have all of the hotfixes
>that have been release post 4.21 tested and included.
>
>The saveset issue was a bit less clear in the converstations I had with
>Legato. I believe the saveset functionality changed enough between v6
>and v7 that it didn't appear to be able to make the pre v7 client work.
>Hence the resolution would be the second Networker Client for NetWare
>being worked on, which is a v7 revision.
>
>As far as Veritas as a replacement, we checked a few months ago and
>they didn't support NetWare Clustering any better then Legato does
>today, so they were not an option for us. However with the current
>state of the budget in Illinois, it is a hard sell to switch to anything
>these days... Hence my focus on pushing Legato.
>
>Please note that it has been a few weeks since I talked to Legato,
>hence this information could have changed. I intended to get an update
>from them on May 24th.
>
>
>
>George A. Raetzke, CNE
>Senior Systems Programmer
>Enterprise System Support
>Northern Illinois University
>DeKalb, IL 60115
>graetzke AT niu DOT edu
>815-753-8549
>
>>>> mhurst AT NOC.UTORONTO DOT CA 5/19/2004 7:22:33 AM >>>
>I added us to the affected customers list after attending a User Form
>in March.
>We were told during the Form that this fix was not scheduled in
>engineering and would take a year to complete, once they started.
>
>They also told us that they would prioritize this based on the number
>of affected customers.
>At the end of March, we were the 8th customer added to LGTpa50711.
>I would imagine, from watching this list, that there are only about 10
>to 12 affected customers now.
>This doesn't produce a very strong case.
>
>We need to get everyone on board and/or a customer with a lot of $$$
>pull with Legato/EMC.
>If not, there will be 12 of us switching to Veritas, who provide an
>excellent NetWare client.
>
>PS. I provided George Raetzke with our NetWare numbers and have since
>tried to contact him offline, without success.
>If you are out there George, let us know how you made out with Novell
>:-)
>
>
>Cheers,
>Michael Hurst
>University of Toronto
>EMAIL: michael.hurst AT utoronto DOT ca
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tim Mooney" <mooney AT DOGBERT.CC.NDSU.NODAK DOT EDU>
>To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:47 PM
>Subject: Re: [Networker] LGTpa50711 - Novell save-set recover issue
>
>
>In regard to: Re: [Networker] LGTpa50711 - Novell save-set recover
>issue,...:
>
>> Yes, I've been on the affected customers list since January. Thanks
>for
>> the update. Perhaps if we all open a new case on it in unison?
>
>You and Craig (and anyone else interested in this issue) should
>contact
>George Raetzke offline. He has done more (as a customer) to push
>Legato
>with respect to NetWare than anyone else that I know of. He may (or
>perhaps not) be able to provide you with information from Legato on
>forthcoming releases for NetWare.
>
>You can find his email address by searching the archives for this
>list,
>probably concentrate in the March-April 2004 timeframe.
>
>Tim
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