We were ready to purchase Aptare and are now being asked to look at WysDM from 
SysDM because EMC uses it and we are an EMC shop.  I personally love Aptare and 
just want to order it.  Does anyone have any experience they can share on 
WysDM? 


Reneé Carlisle 
Sr. Systems Administrator
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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 David Rock
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:52 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Looking for comments about Aptare Storage Console 
--backup report ing tool

* Kathy Norman <Kathy.Norman AT hds DOT com> [2005-04-04 12:49]:
> Hi.
> 
> I am interested  in finding about people's experiences of Aptare 
> Storage console, backup reporting software working with Veritas 
> NetBackup.  All comments are greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

We have had it for several months now and it has been key in discovering 
serious performance bottlenecks in our environment. We have six different 
Master servers that we consolidate into one concise interface that has been 
invaluable in keeping on top of what's going on (imagine trying to monitor six 
Java GUI's at the same time). NO OTHER product even comes close to their 
real-time monitoring. Most others use SNMP traps and a bunch of other addons 
(SNMP is available for NBU through Professional Services only). Aptare does it 
all within their product.

We have come across the occasional bug in some reporting, but _every_ issue we 
have come across has been dealt with quickly and professionally. I can't say 
enough about response time. Aptare's ability to address problems is worth a LOT 
when it comes to using it in a production environment.

Just my $0.02

I am more than happy to answer an specific questions you have about it.
:-)

--
David Rock
david AT graniteweb DOT com

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