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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