The problem is a misconception – we all
think MP stands for “maintenance patch” whereas Symantec apparently
thinks it should mean “major pain”.
We were waiting on (6.0) MP5 and so far
what I’ve seen on this list hasn’t made me eager to install that.
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: Friday, August 17, 2007 7:41
AM
To: Tristan.Ball AT leica-microsystems DOT com
Cc:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu]
Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?
We’re trying
to hold back since we got seriously burnt when we upgraded from 5.1MPsomething
to 6.0MP3. However, there are a lot of things that we need in 6.5 –
Linux FlashBackup, Linux ACL support, VMware consolidated backups, etc.
Some things in there are nice to have but not necessarily a need to have.
BMR would be really nice for us too as is the LiveUpdate support for the
Windows clients. New client support may also drive us upgrading
(SharePoint 2007) sooner rather than later.
I realize that 6.5
didn’t have the rewrite of major pieces of code like 6.0 did but we’re
still quite gun-shy. MP1 probably won’t be out until the end of the
year and if nobody upgrades to 6.5, we won’t see many fixes in MP1 –
that’s the problem that made 6.0MP3 still a rotten release.
Once users upgraded to MP3, some of the critical bug reports rolling in got the
executive’s attention and 6.0 didn’t stabilize until MP4.
I guess what that
really means is that we, as a customer base, have lost faith in Symantec’s
QA. We should be excited about upgrading, not scared. If
I trade in my car for a new model, I’d be excited and wouldn’t be
worried about it letting me down within a week. I can’t say that
about NetBackup. And that’s really, really sad…
…/Ed
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Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP,
BCSD
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT orrg
