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Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)

2007-06-21 17:43:04
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
From: "rcarlisle" <rcarlisle AT serverwarecorp DOT com>
To: "'Brooks, Jason'" <brooksje AT longwood DOT edu>, "'Martin, Jonathan'" <JMARTI05 AT intersil DOT com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:16:18 -0400
FYI ....advanced client with Exchange 2007 won't be supported until mp1


 
 
Reneé Carlisle 
ServerWare Corporation
 




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Jason
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:40 PM
To: Martin, Jonathan
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)

We're moving that direction like a bear to support Exchange 2K7.  Waiting...
Luckily, we aren't in production with 2K7 yet.

Jason 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf 
> Of Martin, Jonathan
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:51 PM
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
> 
> I'm thinking along those lines except I'm hoping there is a 
> 6.0 MP5 coming up here pretty soon.
> 
> Q1 2007 - 6.0 MP4 Upgrade (Complete)
> Q4 2007 - 6.0 MP5 ??
> Q2 2008 - 6.5 MP  ??
> 
> Some of the functionality benefits with 6.5 make it look very 
> appealing, but not so much I plan on jumping in early.  
> However, if 6.5 or 6.0 MP5 fix the DSSU destaging issues I'm 
> there like a bear.
> 
> -Jonathan
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf 
> Of King, Cheryl
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:08 PM
> To: Kirkevold, Matt; Bailey, Tim
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
> 
> Hey, it looks like the 6.5 version has a new SAN client and 
> some other disk related options.  We'll have to look into 
> that.  We should install 6.0 to make sure we get everything 
> implemented correctly, then go to 6.5.  That's what the more 
> knowledgeable users are saying.  We don't want to stay on 6.0 
> because it's not stable but we need to go through the upgrade 
> steps of 6.0.  So it will be like putting 6.0 and then 6.5 
> for maintenance.  Although 6.5 was announced it's not GA yet. 
>  We may even do 6.0 and MP4 (which is stable), then wait for 
> 6.5 until 1st quarter 2008.  We'll have to see what the early 
> adopters have to say about it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf 
> Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:27 PM
> To: 'Justin Piszcz'
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
> 
> > Hopefully 6.5 won't be a nightmare like 6.0?  (until 6.0MP4 anyway)
> 
> 6.0 had major core modifications.  6.5 isn't really that 
> major - its focus has been on disk functionality with the SAN 
> client, Flexible Disk Option, etc.  Nothing like EMM and 
> scheduler changes that happened in 6.0
> 
>       .../Ed
> 
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