> Ok. I am fairly new to networker with a fresh 7.4 install that seems to
> be running fairly well overall, and from lurking on this list-serv, and
> my ongoing (small, yet annoying) issues with "Support" on this version,
> I get the impression people are avoiding 7.4 altogether like a plague. 
> 
> Are you essentially saying that EMC actually released a new
> version/update that does not even work, or rather they could not even
> get to work/upgrade themselves? That is utterly crazy and sad!?
> 
> Any other thoughts from anyone out there running 7.4 on win32?  We are
> finding bugs that are so simple and ridiculous (and some have been told
> are patched, but yet are still not with hotfixes?) , that we are often
> feeling like we are the only site on earth even running this thing?

The 7.4 server on Win2003 mostly works (outside of the well-known 
truncation of emails). Unfortunately, the hotfix for this would crash my 
server, whenever a SQL client (5.0 or 5.1) finished and tried to send an 
email. Hence my extreme reluctance to even try SP1 - I know I can at least 
live with truncated emails, because my server won't crash.

I've also been bitten by the Windows OS bug, that apparently changes SCSI 
bindings randomly on reboot, so that sometimes my tapes are \\tape0-3, and 
sometimes it's \\tape0, \\tape1, \\tape4, \\tape5 (in my case, I have 
unconfigured tape drives in a new library, that is unconfigured, because I 
don't yet have the license. And NW is giving \\tape2, \\tape3 on that 
library.

The 5.1 client constantly indicates that it failed, even though the log on 
the client indicates otherwise. I tried a hotfix from EMC support, and it 
did nothing to correct this issue.

The 7.4 clients haven't given me any trouble.

So no, you're not the only site on earth. All my NetWorker servers and 
clients are Windows (2000 or 2003). Like you, I am new to NetWorker (only 
4 months). And these experiences don't generate overwhelming confidence in 
the product to me ...


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