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Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?

2007-08-20 18:55:49
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5 - Anyone actually using it?
From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>
To: "Major, Rusty" <RMajor AT vericenter DOT com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:33:09 -0400 (EDT)
Do the 5.1x SN#s (which upgrade to 6.0) work when upgrading to 6.5.x?

Justin.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Major, Rusty wrote:

> I asked my rep about this and was told that engineering feels this is
> the best release to date (haha, I bet they say that every time!!!).
> 6.5.1 is currently planned for December. This makes more sense to me
> since not many people are using it, how can they already have a patch in
> the works? Unless there is some really huge issue, but then I would
> think they would have delayed releasing to GA.
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> I have a couple of small installations that are already 6.0MP4 and don't
> use many features so I think I'll start there.
>
> -Rusty
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> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Cruice,
> Daniel (US - Glen Mills)
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:34 AM
> To: Jeff Lightner; 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?
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> 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.
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> Thanks
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> Dan
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> 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?
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> 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).
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> 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...:-)
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>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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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