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[Veritas-bu] NBU 3.4

2000-07-20 13:50:09
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 3.4
From: John Kennedy jkennedy AT orent DOT com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:50:09 GMT
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 7/20/00, 11:11:51 AM, "W. Curtis Preston" <curtis AT colltech DOT com> wrote 
regarding Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 3.4:


> At 08:48 PM 7/18/00 -0500, Rob Worman wrote:
> >Allright, all of you beta testers out there - now that the NetBackup 3.4
> >announcement has been posted, you can give out the dish, right?
> >
> >In particular, I wonder about some rumored features that aren't 
mentioned
> >in the datasheet at http://www.veritas.com/us/products/nbux/:
> >
> >      1-No more Motif interface (only Java)

> Heard that from another beta tester.


> >      2-licensing enforcement via license keys

> Dunno...

Yes, licensing is per hostid (on Solaris).

> >      3-calendar based scheduling (i.e. a job can be set to run "on the
> > first of every month" or "on the 3rd Friday of the month")

> There's something that HINTS at it in the verbage.  Search for schedule 
in
> the doc.  But it sure doesn't scream "calendar based scheduling!!!!"


> >      4-HTML job status interface

> That's provided by a separately-priced product.

That would be Advanced Reporter ($15,000 per server)
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