Sorry, good caveat...but you won't need to go to 6.0 as an intermediary
step. 


 
 
Reneé Carlisle 




-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:31 PM
To: King, Cheryl
Cc: rcarlisle; Ed Wilts; WEAVER, Simon (external);
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)

That is a good question.  BTW I'd suggest to upgrade to 5.1MP6 before 
goign to 6.5, at least this is best practice.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, King, Cheryl wrote:

> We're on Solaris v5.1 MP5.  Will we need to upgrade to 6.0 before going to
6.5?  Anyone know?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of rcarlisle
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:37 AM
> To: 'Justin Piszcz'; 'Ed Wilts'
> Cc: 'WEAVER, Simon (external)'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
>
>
> 6.0 Was a MAJOR rewrite of code that was long overdue.  I think issues
were
> to be expected.  6.5 is a regular enhancement release so I don't expect
you
> will see the same challenges as going to 6.0.  I think part of the delay
in
> releasing the code was to make sure it was as stable as it could possibly
be
> going out the door. If you are moving from 5.X to 6.5, there is still all
> the same pre-work that needs to be done to make sure the upgrade is
> successful however.
>
>
>
> Reneé Carlisle
> ServerWare Corporation
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Justin
> Piszcz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:10 AM
> To: Ed Wilts
> Cc: 'WEAVER, Simon (external)'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 (was: Any takers yet?)
>
> Hopefully 6.5 won't be a nightmare like 6.0?  (until 6.0MP4 anyway)
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Ed Wilts wrote:
>
>> There have been lots of articles covering the announcement but 6.5 is not
>> yet shipping.   You won't get any thoughts on how well it works until
this
>> fall (rumors have it that 6.5 will ship in August).
>>
>>
>>
>> There are certainly some nice features in 6.5.  One of the articles I
read
>> says that the BMR functionality is now included for free in 6.5 - it was
>> separately licensed in 6.0.  The integration with VMware 3.0 is really
> cool
>> stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=126335
>>
>>
>>
>>               ./Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ed Wilts,  RHCE, BCFP
>>
>> Mounds View, MN, USA
>>
>> mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
>> WEAVER,
>> Simon (external)
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:25 AM
>> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
>> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Any takers yet?
>>
>>
>>
>> http://esj.com/product_news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=1228
>>
>>
>>
>> Just wondered if anyone had any thoughts.... sounds promising!
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Simon Weaver
>> 3rd Line Technical Support
>> Windows Domain Administrator
>>
>> EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
>> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
>>
>> Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net
>>
>>
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