CommVault measures up there pretty high so far IMO.

Justin.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills) wrote:

> Well, I have a dilemma and need my fella NBU guys to provide me some
> ammo.  My management is looking into alternative backup solutions.  I am
> ok with looking at other vendors that specialize in one or two
> products...we are looking into CommVault and dare I say it...Microsoft's
> Data Protection Manager.  I saw a demo of DPM quite some time ago and
> almost instantly was not a fan.  It is a total Microsoft support
> platform so it will work well with other MS applications.  At the moment
> I cannot remember all of the down falls I thought it had but the few I
> can remember are:
>
>
>
> Won't backup Oracle
>
> Won't backup SAP
>
> Won't backup ESX hosts
>
>
>
> And while I was in this demo, I drifted off since I really did not
> realize that management was seriously considering it.  And as most
> Executive managers, they see the bottom line.  Their main driving focus
> is the fact that since we pay so much for MOM and SMS, we would be
> getting DPM for free.  GREAT!  But my philosophy is you get what you
> paid for.
>
>
>
> So I reach out to all of you to help a guy out and start throwing me
> items that I can punch holes into DPM.  I really, really do not want to
> support another Microsoft product.  I beg all of you, please help me
> out.
>
>
>
> My environment is mostly MS servers, Oracle, SQL, VMware, SAP, Exchange,
> some UNIX.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan Cruice
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