it's supposed to make it much quicker to search...  which would speed up a
lot of the netbackup processes greatly, although I haven't migrated to 4.5
myself so I can't verify that..

and from what I hear from this group the netbackup database can actually
grow in size if you convert them to binary..  which is odd because the
"smaller database size" was one of their major sales pitches..


On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Alvarez, Martin BGI SDC wrote:

> Is there any other advantage to converting your catalogues to binary, other
> than the compression??  is it necessary to do that or can you keep that the
> way it is??
> 
> 
> Martin
> Barclays Global Investors
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [mailto:jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:43 AM
> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] RE: NBU 4.5 Upgrade Experiences
> 
> 
> The upgrade was a cake-walk.  Only gotcha is to be aware of what options
> you have installed (NDMP in my case) and make sure you re-install them
> as part of the upgrade.  I also did not convert my catalogues to binary
> so that part I haven't experienced.
> 
> Otherwise it works as advertised.
> 
> ~JK
> 
> "Anderson, David" wrote:
> > 
> > Wow, I'm not sure where you're hearing this from, but our upgrade was
> > simple.  Of course this was on a Windows 2000 platform, I can't speak for
> > Unix-land.  The GUI in 4.5 even works, imagine that!
> > 
> > David Anderson
> > ScrippsHealth Information Services
> > 
> > =============================
> > > Original Message
> > 
> > To: "'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'"
> >          <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:55:35 -0700
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 4.5 Upgrade Experiences
> > 
> > I'm planning on upgrading from NBU Data Center 3.4 to NBU Data Center 4.5
> > within a couple of months.  I've been hearing from our Veritas contacts
> that
> > the upgrade is extremely difficult and Veritas consulting services should
> be
> > used.  Is the upgrade really that difficult?  The NBU 3.4 upgrade was a
> > piece of cake.  For those of you who have recently gone through the NBU
> 4.5
> > upgrade please share your experiences.
> > 
> > Any and all responses are much appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Keilani Burrage
> > 
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