We are currently using BE in our NT environment (~1300 servers) and have
decided to go to NB only because BE is not a true enterprise product from a
manageability perspective. You can "monitor" the jobs via ExecView from a
central location but all scheduling and configuration must be done at the
backup server. It has been a very stable product for us, we have just out
grown it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Dwyer [mailto:dfdwyer AT tecoenergy DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 2:49 PM
To: charles.somogyi AT bms DOT com; sixbury AT celeritas DOT com;
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu; KevinB AT paccessglobal DOT com
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Differences of backup exec and Netbackup


I currently use NBU 3.2GA on a Sun E450 Master server and I have no problem
backing up my 70+ Novell NetWare servers. I do have the occasional problem
with the bpcd client crashing the Novell server but for the most part I'm
pretty satisfied with the way NBU does it. I restore this data for various
users on a daily basis and I have a high confidence level as to the
functionality of the NetWare client agents. My Novell servers are 4.11 by
the way.

Regards,
Dennis

Quote: "Time is not a test of the truth"
Translation: Just because you've always done it that way, doesn't make it
right

Dennis F. Dwyer
Enterprise Storage Manager
Tampa Electric Company

(813) 225-5181  - Voice
(813) 275-3599  - FAX

Visit our corporate website at www.tecoenergy.com

>>> Charles R Somogyi <charles.somogyi AT bms DOT com> 05/30/01 01:58PM >>>
I could never come across appropriate documentation comparing the
two products.

I recently had the NetWare admins approach me regarding their
machines being backed via our NB environment (NB 3.4/HP-UX 11.0).
It was mentioned to me at that time that they had heard that NB
cannot handle NSS (NetWare filesystems) as well as Backup Exec.
That is when I tried looking for documentation regarding the
issue. The only info I could find was in the archives of this
user group. I did find that people complained about the NB agent
crashing NetWare servers and that Backup Exec was a good tool for
NetWare backups. I am not happy about bringing in a new product
especially since I cannot administer B Exec form NB and there is
a whole learning curve that our operators would have to go
through.

Has anybody else heard anything along these lines?

Charlie Somogyi
BMS
Princeton , NJ
609-818-3589

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