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Gary Andresen
Impossible Happens, Plan Ahead
Pacific Northwest Data Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
> admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of steven_w_miller AT 
> non.agilent DOT com
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:24 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Questions to ask a Netbackup Admin on an
> interview *interesting*
> 
> I agree, it's not what you know, it's recognizing what you don't know and
> knowning how to find the answer. If someone asked me what an error code
> was, I'd say "Time to look in the manual".
> 
> Plus, getting too specific limits alot, because no two environments are
> the same, and everyone sees things others don't.
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark [mailto:mark AT steelfamily DOT org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:10 PM
> To: Major, Rusty; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Questions to ask a Netbackup Admin on an
> interview *interesting*
> 
> 
> Personally I dont think these will help. I've been using netbackup since
> it
> was called netbackup, and I still don't know ( or care ) what all the
> error
> codes are. Its really how you go about solving a problem thats important.
> 
> Hire someone smart and give them a manual and access to this mail list :)
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Major,
> Rusty
> Sent: 26 March 2004 21:22
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Questions to ask a Netbackup Admin on an
> interview *interesting*
> 
> 
> It really doesn't matter because interview questions are and should be
> specific to that environment.
> My environment uses NetBackup only for the Wintel machines. A variety of
> other apps/programs are used for the other OSes present here. If I were to
> interview someone I'd want to ask them NBU questions as it pertains to
> Windows and Exchange since that's what matters to my environment.
> 
> Getting to the topic:
> Maybe asking some questions about off-site copies/vaulting and DR in
> general.
> 
> Rusty
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: W. T. Smith [mailto:wtsmith AT maine DOT edu]
> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:05 PM
> > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Questions to ask a Netbackup Admin on an
> > interview *interesting*
> >
> >
> > With the exception of ...
> >
> > > If your last catalog backup was two days ago and the master server
> > > crashed what would you have to do to bring your environment
> > back up to
> > > present time?
> >
> > and
> >
> > > What are the critical catalogs or databases on a Media Server?
> >
> > and
> >
> > > How would you tune NetBackup to increase backup performance?
> >
> > I find the questions more of a trivia contest for MsExchange
> > sites with
> > NetBackup, than a test of the concepts a NetBackup
> > Administrator should
> > know or be able to discuss.    Sorry, wayne
> >
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