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We have looked at both Bocada and Aptare.
Aptare won hands down.
It has several advantages that made our choice much easier. Here were the
two main
1. Aptare allows user access to be controlled by policies. You can create
a user profile such that that
user can see only the clients of interest to that particular user.
2. Users can do restores (if privileges are granted)
3. The data is posted close to "real time"
When a backup or restore completes, the endbackup process on the master
server calls a script that sends
data to the portal immediately. You don't need to wait until the data is
collected from the master.
It has the capability to run many different types of reports.
In our case we are running it on a Linux system with an Oracle 9i
database.
It has been running without problem since last October.
The price was slightly less
than Bocada
=============================
Carl Stehman
PHI Services Company
202-331-6619
Pager 301-765-2703
ckstehman AT pepco DOT com
Ed Wilts <ewilts AT ewilts DOT org>
Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
03/16/2004 01:42 PM
To: "Loyless, Maureen" <LoylessM AT pcaobus DOT org>
cc: List Veritas List <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Advanced Reporter vs. Command Central
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:12:59AM -0500, Loyless, Maureen wrote:
> Has anyone had experience working with the Advanced Reporter option
> and/or Command Central? I was curious on your thoughts of either or
> both. We are looking at both of these products and wanted to gather
> some thoughts on functionality, differences, usefulness, etc.
There are 2 other commercial products that you should consider if you're
looking at Advanced Reporter:
BackupReport from Bocada (http://www.bocada.com)
StorageConsole from Aptare (http://www.aptare.com)
I've started the evaluation for our purposes here and am running a demo
of BackupReport now. I haven't started the eval for StorageConsole yet.
The products take rather different approaches to try and accomplish the
same thing, for better and for worse. BackupReport also supports data
from multiple backup products, not just NetBackup. StorageConsole
appears to be NetBackup only.
If anybody out there has done a side-by-side comparison of the two, I'd
love to see the results and compare them with what I'm working with.
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
_______________________________________________
Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We have looked at both Bocada and
Aptare.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Aptare won hands down. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It has several advantages that made our
choice much easier. Here were the two main </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1. Aptare allows user access to be
controlled by policies. You can create a user profile such that
that</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">user can see only the clients of
interest to that particular user.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2. Users can do restores (if privileges are
granted)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3. The data is posted close to "real
time" </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">When a backup or restore completes, the
endbackup process on the master server calls a script that sends </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">data to the portal immediately. You
don't need to wait until the data is collected from the master.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It has the capability to run many different
types of reports.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In our case we are running it on a Linux
system with an Oracle 9i database. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It has been running without problem since
last October. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The price was slightly less</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">than Bocada </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
=============================<br>
Carl Stehman<br>
PHI Services Company<br>
202-331-6619<br>
Pager 301-765-2703<br>
ckstehman AT pepco DOT com</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Ed Wilts <ewilts AT ewilts DOT
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">03/16/2004 01:42 PM</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> To:
"Loyless, Maureen" <LoylessM AT pcaobus DOT
org></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> cc:
List Veritas List <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT
edu></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> Subject:
Re: [Veritas-bu] Advanced Reporter vs. Command
Central</font></table>
<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:12:59AM -0500,
Loyless, Maureen wrote:<br>
> Has anyone had experience working with the Advanced Reporter option<br>
> and/or Command Central? I was curious on your thoughts of either
or<br>
> both. We are looking at both of these products and wanted to
gather<br>
> some thoughts on functionality, differences, usefulness, etc.<br>
<br>
There are 2 other commercial products that you should consider if you're<br>
looking at Advanced Reporter:<br>
BackupReport from Bocada (http://www.bocada.com)<br>
StorageConsole from Aptare (http://www.aptare.com)<br>
<br>
I've started the evaluation for our purposes here and am running a demo<br>
of BackupReport now. I haven't started the eval for StorageConsole
yet.<br>
The products take rather different approaches to try and accomplish the<br>
same thing, for better and for worse. BackupReport also supports data<br>
from multiple backup products, not just NetBackup. StorageConsole<br>
appears to be NetBackup only.<br>
<br>
If anybody out there has done a side-by-side comparison of the two, I'd<br>
love to see the results and compare them with what I'm working with.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA<br>
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu<br>
</font>
<br>
<br>
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