I am using it in some of my smaller environments. so far no issues it looks
like 6.0 except for some improvements in the Vault Management area. 
Pretty stable so far. 
Upgrade from 6.0 was pretty painless. Upgrade from 5.1 to 6.5 has the same pain
as 6.0 to 5.1. 

--- "Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills)" <dcruice AT deloitte DOT com> wrote:

> I am pretty new to the whole NBU environment, pretty much got involved
> w/ 6.0MP4 so I missed the "fun" of the 6.0 roll-out.  What is the
> consensus w/ 6.5?  Even thought it was just released, what is the
> comfort level within the NBU environment?  Do you guys think this
> release will be minimal with bugs or are we to prepare for a disaster
> rolling it out without waiting for MP1?  I know that is a shot in the
> dark question and guess a little of trying to predict the future, but I
> simply trying to determine if we roll it out or hang tight for a while.
> Feels like going to the Dentist, you know you have to go to get
> something fix, but you know there is a possibility of pain
> involved...:-)
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Steven L. Sesar [mailto:ssesar AT mitre DOT org] 
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:06 AM
> To: Ed Wilts
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?
> 
>  
> 
> Ed Wilts wrote: 
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> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You illustrate a good point. In my not-so-humble opinion, Symantec has
> relied way too much on R&D in the field by their customers. I get that
> where there's software, there may be bugs, but this product was released
> in a broken state. Their QA really dropped the ball with this release.
> 
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