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[Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!

2007-01-09 07:27:34
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!
From: spe08 at co.henrico.va.us (Spearman, David)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 07:27:34 -0500
Sorry everone, my right arm is in a splint and all sorts of things
happen using my left.

We had a meeting with our new sales rep and local support engineer
(sales). To say that we unloaded on them would be putting it mildly.
They are aware that their support structure and web site is in the
toilet. They also know that nbu 6.0 was released without a proper
shakedown. We specifically asked what happened to the Veritas support
staff. The answer was vaugue. You may draw your own conclusions. As far
as logging a support call goes you will have no choice except to use
email in the near future for the initial contact. After that who knows
what will happen. They are working on the web site but obviosly have a
long way to go. They did say nbu 6.5 would be released about mid year
and would include bmr support for redhat 4 if anyone is interested. I
did my best to make them squirm, maybe it will get through, but probably
not.

David Spearman
County of Henrico

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From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:12 AM
To: Spearman, David; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!



David
Where is the rest of the email ???? Its been cut !! :-)

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Spearman, David [mailto:spe08 at co.henrico.va.us] 
Sent: 09 January 2007 12:08
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!


We had a meeting with our new sales rep and local support engineer
(sales). To say that we unloaded on them would be putting it mildly.
They are aware that their support structure and web site is in the
toilet. They also know that nbu 6.0 was released without a proper
shakedown. We specifically asked what happened to the Veritas support
staff. The answer was vaugue. You may draw your own inferences. As far
as logging a 

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Eagle,
Kent
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 4:27 PM
To: JMARTI05 at intersil.com
Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!


Patrick,

One additional benefit of opening the case via email support is that
when you get the confirmation email, you generally get a case number.

Having run the gauntlet of Veritas/Symantec Tech Support numerous times
in the past, I've learned to call support with the "existing case
number" in hand, and then have the call escalated if it's not moving
along at an appropriate pace.

One other item of irritation:
The "View your Case" option on the web site - Has anyone ever seen any
meaningful, or even remotely real time updates?


Kent Eagle
Systems Engineer, MCP, MCSE
Tech Services / SMSS
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:03:18 -0000
From: "Whelan, Patrick" <Patrick.Whelan at colt.net>
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!
To: "NetBackup List" <veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu>
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Just my ?.02 worth. Unless it is absolutely critical, in which case I
will ask to be transferred immediately, I send an email from their web
site. This does many things:

1)       They get my email address right (unless I type it wrong) :-(

2)       They send an automated response that they received your email.

3)       When the engineer responds, you will have his email address.

4)       With an email you can explain technical aspects that the first
line support wouldn't understand.

5)       You have a "written" record of when you first contacted them
and all the subsequent contacts.

 

There are probably more good reasons, but that's just off the top of my
head. :-)

 

Regards,

 

Patrick Whelan 
NetBackup Specialist 
Architect & Engineering

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