--Folks,
CA Brightstor was implemented at my site but only for a while before I had to
make 180 deg. turn to go back to TSM.
If you need more info, please send me an e-mail and I'd be glad to answer your
questions.
Prasanna Ghanekar
EDS
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:58:50
Lisa Cabanas wrote:
>FWIW, a little while ago, a CA tech person was onsite for two days with the
>operators here (unbeknownst to me, like the TSM admin should know,
>anyway...) checking out our operation and set up.
>
>Guess what-- he ended up calling the sales rep that was coming, to tell him
>not to bother with the sales pitch for Brightstor, it wouldn't do anything
>for us.
>
>The only thing storage wise they ended up pitching was a Storage Area
>Network manager product-- but the gotcha there was that it was how the
>product was "supposed" to work-- it wasn't actually shrink-wrapped at this
>point in time;-)
>
>
>
> "Mr. Lindsay
> Morris" To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> <lmorris@server cc:
> graph.com> Subject: Re: Computer Associates
> - Brightstore Resource Manager for
> Sent by: "ADSM: TSM
> Dist Stor
> Manager"
> <ADSM-L AT VM DOT MARI
> ST.EDU>
>
>
> 10/29/2002
> 12:35 PM
> Please respond
> to lmorris
>
>
>
>
>
>
>CA seems to buy tools / companies and market them like crazy, but not put
>any energy into improving or supporting them.
>
>I'd be interested in hearing your take on what features this product has,
>and what it costs.
>---------------------------------
>Mr. Lindsay Morris
>Lead Architect, Servergraph
>www.servergraph.com
>859-253-8000 ofc
>425-988-8478 fax
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf
>> Of
>> Jim Taylor
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:27 PM
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: Computer Associates - Brightstore Resource Manager for TSM
>>
>>
>> Anyone out there heard of this CA product and have any experience with
>it.
>> We have just been bought out by a large company that has bought into CA
>> tools, big time. They want me to look at this CA component that
>> was written
>> for TSM. My question is ' will it provide me with anything of value'?
>>
>> Skeptically yours,
>>
>> Jim Taylor
>> Technology Services
>> Enlogix
>> * E-mail: jtaylor AT enlogix DOT com
>> * Office: (416) 496-5266
>> * Cell: (416)458-6802
>> * Fax: (416) 496-5245
>>
>
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