Nice response…I just got off the
phone w/ Symantec and ask if anyone has reported issues w/ 6.5, and as of yet
no. However I was advise by Symantec, that the Engineers at Symantec ARE advising that we all hold off on
deployment of 6.5 until MP1 is release, which surprisingly enough is scheduled
for August 23rd. And according to her that release date has been
published.
From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner AT water DOT com]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007
10:18 AM
To: Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen
Mills); Steven L. Sesar; Ed Wilts
Cc:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu]
Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?
Like they said going to 6.5 should be less
painful than upgrading to 6.0. However, as others said it is sometimes a
good idea to wait to see what the experiences of the bleeding edge folks are
(especially for your production environments).
The question is – would we keep
going to the same dentist if every time he sent us home with a sample of toothpaste
it caused another tooth to fall out within a week of brushing with it?
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills)
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007
10:04 AM
To: Steven L. Sesar; Ed Wilts
Cc:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu]
Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?
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…J
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:
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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