My understanding is that Microsoft forces VSS backups upon us for Windows 2008 
systems.

As for Windows clusters. I would not want to see that feature removed. I don't 
know about other NetWorker users, but it is a feature I use and it works fine.

On Aug 14, 2010, at 1:21 AM, David Stes wrote:

>> It would be great to get people's input on other desired features
>> or enhancements.   Product management will gather that input to inform
>> upcoming releases.
> 
> I'd like to ask to keep things simple, and avoid too many features.
> 
> There's one question: which features to add.
> 
> But there is also the delicate question: which features to REMOVE.
> 
> Examples:
> 1) how to disable the VSS 'feature' on W2008?
>   this 'VSS support feature' is more like a bug in W2008
>   there's no incremental VSS backups for system save sets,
>   so I'd rather disable the feature, remove it from NetWorker
> 
>   the base NetWorker product could be VSS unaware,
>   and for example if you like VSS, you could put all of VSS in NMM
> 
> 2) the 'nsrauth' feature gives certificate support
>   but does somebody really NEED this ? Looks like everybody uses oldauth.
>   I have the impression that everybody is disabling certificate support
> 
>   So the nsrauth feature could be removed?
> 
> 3) Windows cluster support: the feature that NW supports the cluster;
>   sometimes it feels like a bug, would be nice to run NW cluster unaware
> 
> The problem that I see with adding more and more features that somebody
> thinks would be nice, is that it also has undesired side-effects.
> 
> For example 'nsrauth' - even if you disable it and use 'oldauth'
> it still, in some cases, requires the correct OpenSSL shared libs to
> be present, even if you use 'oldauth'.
> 
> Besides, the example of the 'nsrauth' feature is perhaps a good example,
> who really needs this feature (on this list)?  Just curious ...
> 
> It just makes the product more difficult to install, less portable ...
> 
> DAvid.
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