All doom and gloom in the Linux camp today!  Take heart my fellow
hoohum'in Penguins!

http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise
_Server/278064.pdf

Comment #98- Next major release following NetBackup 6.0 will not support
this OS version. This status could change if market and/or vendor
support positions change.

Talk about CYA!  That's only next to the 64Bit and Older versions of
RedHat and SLES.  The newer versions (Redhat 4 / SLES9) have no such
comment for 32bit, although the 64bit is a bit disconcerting. =/

I personally am hoping to upgrade to Redhat Media Servers when we
upgrade to 6!

Keep the faith!  (Whatever small amount there may be left!)

-J

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:48 PM
To: Scott Jacobson
Cc: List Veritas List
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Symantec and Linux support

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:44:19AM -0600, Scott Jacobson wrote:
> Ed,
>  
> What about the other "white meat".  We have SLES 8 and 9 Linux boxes 
> running as both Master and Media Servers.

Symantec doesn't support Brightmail on any Linux distribution other than
RHEL 3 AS and RHEL 3 ES.  That should tell you something about their
Linux commitment too - after all, I'd put SLES in the same category as
RHEL for enterprise-quality (even though I've never worked with SLES).

I've not looked at NetBackup support on SLES at all.

        .../Ed

>  
> ;-)
>  
> -sj
> 
> >>> Ed Wilts <ewilts AT ewilts DOT org> 5/10/2006 10:17 AM >>>
> I regularly see postings from people looking to enhance their use of 
> Linux as NetBackup servers.  Although I am a *strong* Linux advocate 
> and a Red Hat Certified Engineer, I would advise that you think long 
> and hard about this decision.  Symantec  has not yet been able to 
> demonstrate any willingness to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux as an 
> enterprise platform.
> 
> Fact:  NetBackup 6.5, targeted for release in February, 2007, will 
> drop support for RHEL 3.  RHEL 3 started shipping in October, 2003 and

> will be supported by Red Hat through October, 2010.  Symantec will cut

> you off with its current release nearly 4 years before Red Hat stops 
> supporting the OS.  On the other hand, Windows 2000, which was 
> released
> 2 1/2 years earlier than RHEL 3, will still be supported by NetBackup 
> 6.5.
> Additionally, mainstream support for Win2K server has already ended 
> and full support will end from Microsoft *before* RHEL 3 support ends.
> This
> should show you where Symantec's priorities lie.
> 
> Fact:  Symantec Brightmail is not available for RHEL 4 so if you're 
> deploying today, you have to deploy on RHEL 3.  One Symantec 
> enterprise product will soon be unable to back up another Symantec 
> enterprise product.  RHEL 4 has been out for over a year and still 
> Symantec hasn't started supporting it. I just searched the support 
> site for the system requirements in case my local office was wrong, 
> and RHEL 4 still does not seem to be supported.
> 
> Fact:  NOM on Linux.  Nope, it doesn't exist.  Windows or Solaris 
> only.
> 
> Symantec doesn't seem to get it.  I'm turning blue in the face trying 
> to explain this to my local office.  I know that there are Symantec 
> folks on this list - feel free to pass this on.  Symantec's actions do

> not go without notice.
> 
> I've been asked by my management why we're not using Linux for 
> NetBackup and I bluntly told them that Symantec can't be trusted to 
> support the platform as it should be trusted.  We recently replaced 
> our master and one of our media servers and stuck with Solaris.  We 
> spent a lot more money but at least I know it will work.
> 
> Enough rambling.  If you have concerns about NetBackup and Linux 
> support, contact your Symantec reps.
> 
>         .../Ed
> 
> --
> Ed Wilts, RHCE
> Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
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