On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:12:28 -0500, Stan Horwitz <stan AT temple DOT edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Lynsey Wyles wrote:
> 
> >Is Legato 7.2 the latest version??
> >
> >7.2 was released in dec 2004 but Legato 7.1.3 was released in jan 2005!!
> >
> >have any of you upgraded to 7.2? any issues you can see?
> >
> >I will upgrading this month and obviously want the lastest version so 7.2
> >appears to be the latest version, but strange it was released before
> >7.1.3!!
> 
> You should read the release notes for 7.1.3 and 7.2. Decide which version
> to used based on which features and problem fixes are best for your site.
> The 7.1.3 version contains fixed to 7.1.2, so that's why it was released.
> The 7.2 version contains so new features that are not offered in the
> earlier versions, but it may not contain the same fixes that 7.1.3 has,
> such as the Novell saveset recovery problem.

In particular while 7.2 has some new features, if you are using disk
backup at all you should really consider sticking to 7.1.3 given the
number of staging related patches that it has rolled up into it. These
patches are not in 7.2 and thus may not result in the best possible
staging systems for you.

In particular (and adding to Stan's comments above about the Novell
saveset recovery problem) if you're backing up NetWare hosts to disk
backup units I'd strongly advise that you stay with the 7.1.x release
tree until the staging patches are in 7.2 - probably 7.2.1 I'd guess.

Cheers,

-Preston de Guise.

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