> From: Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney AT NDSU DOT EDU>
> Reply-To: EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>, 
> Tim Mooney
> <Tim.Mooney AT NDSU DOT EDU>
> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:36:02 -0500
> To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Subject: Re: [Networker] NetWorker 7.2.2 Hanging on Solaris 10...
> 
> In regard to: [Networker] NetWorker 7.2.2 Hanging on Solaris 10..., Alec...:
> 
>> Finally is the upgrade to 7.4.4 just to install ontop of 7.4.2?  Anyone
>> experience any issues with a 7.4.2 -> 7.4.4 upgrade?
> 
> Not during the upgrade itself, but we've experienced several issues since
> upgrading to 7.4.4.4.  We went from 7.4.2 to 7.4.4.4, and I regret it.  In
> our environment (two RHEL 5.3 Linux server NetWorker servers, 130 clients
> with a mix of Linux, UNIX, Windows, and Novell NetWare), 7.4.2 was very
> stable.
> 
> We've seen a lot more problems with 7.4.4.4 than we did with 7.4.2, and to
> top it off, the problem we were having (nsrck -L7 not loading indexes from
> tape) that caused EMC to ask us to upgrade wasn't fixed by the upgrade.

One more data point ...

I updated my Linux NetWorker server from 7.4.2 to 7.4.4 about three months
ago. This server backs up 195 clients (a mix of Linux, Windows, Exchange,
and one NDMP). I don't do any Netware backups, nor do I do any savepnc
stuff. For 7.4.4 has been very good, with one exception. Both before and
after doing this update, every once in a while a client's backup will just
hang, but I find that restarting NetWorker on the client fixes the problem.
The clients are mostly running 7.4.4, although a few still need to be
updated from 7.4.2 or 7.4.1. 

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