Veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?

2007-10-10 17:35:17
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?
From: "Roger Wilber" <rogerwilber AT gmail DOT com>
To: "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:13:55 -0400
**laughs**

Yes, so very easy to find.

That's why I looked up the link for the poor person who asked originally.

Me - I refuse to upgrade off of 6.0 MP4 until others bleed out first.
I'll make the jump once the blood shed reduces to a trickle. If I had
jumped on MP5 I'd be hurting right now in so many ways (NDMP).

On 10/10/07, Curtis Preston <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com> wrote:
> You have "Small & Medium Business" tab highlighted (hence the smb in the
> url you gave).  Symantec doesn't target NBU at the SMB space.  Click on
> Enterprise -> Backup & Recovery -> Key Products, and you'll see
> NetBackup.
>
> This is one of the unfortunate things of the merger.  What used to be
> the cash cow of Veritas is not the cash cow of Symantec, and it's
> relegated to the back of the bus.  You see how easy it is to find Backup
> Exec.  Symantec gets that because it fits right into how they've always
> sold: shrink-wrapped Windows software.  But NetBackup with all its
> complexity is apparently too confusing, so it's almost like they're
> making it hard to find.
>
> As to what I told you to look for, it's not that hard to find release
> notes, as they're in the documentation/support pages.  From the main
> page, click on Support -> NetBackup -> enter NetBackup Enterprise Server
> in the dialogue box (I know, redundant), then select Documentation from
> the list at the right.  Then select Manuals & Documentation, 6.5,
> English, and you'll see a list of docs.  The link to the release notes
> for 6.5 is on the second page:
>
> http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290196.htm
>
>
>
> ---
> W. Curtis Preston
> Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
> VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Wilber [mailto:rogerwilber AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:09 AM
> To: Curtis Preston
> Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?
>
> That's like saying the information should be written on a needle in
> that large haystack.
>
> Symantec seems to treat NetBackup like the ugly step child.
>
> http://www.symantec.com/business/solutions/key_products.jsp?solid=smb_br
>
> See NetBackup even listed Backup & Recovery Solutions?
>
> These might be a little more useful:
>
> Release Notes:
> http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290196.htm
>
> 6.5 Upgrade Portal:
> http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm
>
>
>
> On 10/10/07, Curtis Preston <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com> wrote:
> > The 6.5 release notes on Symantec.com should have that info.
> >
> > ---
> > W. Curtis Preston
> > Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
> > VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of
> bthessel
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:39 AM
> > To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?
> >
> >
> > I am debating on upgrading from 6.0 to 6.5 to gain some of the new
> disk
> > features and the BMR that is now included but it seems like the more I
> > read the more features that are not actually implemented yet, even
> > though they were announced as being part of 6.5. Is there a definitive
> > list of what works today vs. what will be available in in 6.5.1,
> 6.5.2,
> > ........?
> >
> >
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