Tie_Hoekstra AT kaltire DOT com wrote:

> We have been on 5.1 for about a month now, due to problems with 4.5FP6, and 
> no major issues have come up as of yet. We backup Oracle, Solaris, SCO, 
> Windows, and Exchange. Just about all of our clients and DB agents are now at 
> 5.1.
> 
> So far so good. Not entirely smooth upgrade, but as far as Veritas products 
> go not too bad either. Lots of things fixed in 5.1.
> 
> -tie hoekstra
> 
> -----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
> Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: wtsmith AT maine DOT edu; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] v5.0 or v5.1?
> 
> 
> FWIW, I'm interested in this info, too, so posting to the list would be
> appreciated.
> -M
> 
> -----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 Wayne T
> Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:51 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] v5.0 or v5.1?
> 
> 
> My media kits for v5.1 just arrived, so now I'm wondering ...
> 
> Should I stay with v5.0 or move to v5.1 (solaris server, if that matters)?
> 
> There has been much discussion of  v5.0 on this mailing list and the 
> newsgroup, but very little about v5.1.  Are you running 5.1? Happily?
> 
> In my limited experience, v5.0 has been a very poor quality release.  
> S0428, MP1 and MP2 have made it significantly better, and it looks like 
> MP3 is imminent.
> 
> On the other hand, 5.1 promises support for VMWARE and performance 
> improvements for Vault, both of which would be welcome.  V5.1 has been 
> out for a while.  Is a Maintenance Pack going to be available for it in 
> the near future?
> 
> Any information or experiences people can share on the list or privately 
> would be most welcome!
> 
> Thanks and cheers, wayne
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Tie

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "Not entirely smooth upgrade?" I 
think hearing about any "gotchyas" would be helpful for the list.

Thanks!

-- 
Jon D. Benson
Network Systems Administrator
Neurome, Inc.