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Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?

2007-10-10 16:37:38
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?
From: "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com>
To: "Roger Wilber" <rogerwilber AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0400
You have "Small & Medium Business" tab highlighted (hence the smb in the
url you gave).  Symantec doesn't target NBU at the SMB space.  Click on
Enterprise -> Backup & Recovery -> Key Products, and you'll see
NetBackup.

This is one of the unfortunate things of the merger.  What used to be
the cash cow of Veritas is not the cash cow of Symantec, and it's
relegated to the back of the bus.  You see how easy it is to find Backup
Exec.  Symantec gets that because it fits right into how they've always
sold: shrink-wrapped Windows software.  But NetBackup with all its
complexity is apparently too confusing, so it's almost like they're
making it hard to find.

As to what I told you to look for, it's not that hard to find release
notes, as they're in the documentation/support pages.  From the main
page, click on Support -> NetBackup -> enter NetBackup Enterprise Server
in the dialogue box (I know, redundant), then select Documentation from
the list at the right.  Then select Manuals & Documentation, 6.5,
English, and you'll see a list of docs.  The link to the release notes
for 6.5 is on the second page:

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290196.htm



---
W. Curtis Preston
Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Wilber [mailto:rogerwilber AT gmail DOT com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:09 AM
To: Curtis Preston
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?

That's like saying the information should be written on a needle in
that large haystack.

Symantec seems to treat NetBackup like the ugly step child.

http://www.symantec.com/business/solutions/key_products.jsp?solid=smb_br

See NetBackup even listed Backup & Recovery Solutions?

These might be a little more useful:

Release Notes:
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290196.htm

6.5 Upgrade Portal:
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm



On 10/10/07, Curtis Preston <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com> wrote:
> The 6.5 release notes on Symantec.com should have that info.
>
> ---
> W. Curtis Preston
> Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
> VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
>
> -----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
bthessel
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:39 AM
> To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] 6.5 Features that aren't yet available?
>
>
> I am debating on upgrading from 6.0 to 6.5 to gain some of the new
disk
> features and the BMR that is now included but it seems like the more I
> read the more features that are not actually implemented yet, even
> though they were announced as being part of 6.5. Is there a definitive
> list of what works today vs. what will be available in in 6.5.1,
6.5.2,
> ........?
>
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