Re: [Veritas-bu] why oh why!!!! Did Symantec REALLY say this
2011-05-05 14:52:34
As it stands, I have put it back to 6.5.4 and will upgrade
the Master at the weekend.
For now, its getting the essential Data we need "as is" and
I am happy with this.
Thanks for all of the feedback.
S.
The "problem" with NetBackup is that it supports a greater diversity
of master and media server platforms than almost any competitor. That
makes the testing matrix very unwieldy. From my experiences when I was at
Symantec/VERITAS, I doubt they will ever change this. However, as you say,
it works for filesystem backups to go up or down in rev and it probably always
will.
Chris V.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:00 PM, <Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com>
wrote:
They told him that because it works. We've done this
for years but only when necessary and only on file level backups. We do not
support using this method to backup a database, exchange or even system state
because we can't rely on a restore due to issues with possible feature
enhancements in the client that aren't any where else. The file level restores
have always worked fine, though you are on your own since it's not officially
supported.
If Symantec is
listening, I would like for them to support higher client rev's on a down rev
master. It really is a pain to upgrade many sites to support a new feature.
Some of their competitors support this.
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Concern I have is that can you really rely on it.
There may be enhancements to the product that the Master knows little
about. If you have support with
Symantec, and best practice is to follow what I have been doing 10+ years,
should that be the best course of action? Of course, That's
not to say running 5.1 on 7.0.1 clients is supported, because its not and I
appreciate that, and would not expect support.
From: smpt [mailto:smpt1 AT peppas DOT gr]
Sent: 05 May 2011 16:24 To: WEAVER, Simon (external); scott.george AT parker DOT com; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu Subject: RE:
[Veritas-bu] why oh why!!!! Did Symantec REALLY say this
Well, it is not
supported but is working. From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon
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[Veritas-bu] why oh why!!!! Did Symantec REALLY say this Sure I read somewhere this was bad practice, but for life of me....
cant find it!
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of scott.george AT parker DOT com Sent: 05 May 2011
15:33 To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu Subject: Re:
[Veritas-bu] why oh why!!!! Did Symantec REALLY say this We found this out all on our own, without Symantec's
blessing.
They came a little late with their 2008 R2 support, so
they let this go on for CYA. We were doing this before we went to
7.0.1.
When you are caught in the dilemma of getting backups or being
supported, well, I choose the former.
All
From my History of working with
NBU, any upgrades I have done have been in this order: Master Media Servers SAN Media Clients
So ... why would Symantec be telling a
colleage that "its ok to oto 6.5.6 on a client and leave Master at 6.5.4"
? Client OS is Wink28 R2 SP1 which cant be backed up
correctly 6.5.4 but runs fine and supported under 6.5.6 and 7.0.1 S.
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