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Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 Release Update 3 Hotfix 1 (6.5.3.1)

2009-02-24 15:49:28
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 Release Update 3 Hotfix 1 (6.5.3.1)
From: "Rosenkoetter, Gabriel" <Gabriel.Rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz>
To: "'VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'" <VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:32:26 -0500
[I exchanged a few out-of-band emails with John about this, and anticipate that he'll post when he's done with his testing, but he suspects a different part of his environment than the 6.5.3.1 update at this point.]
 
For what it's worth, not that I tested every corner case, but I just backed up 17 RHEL clients through my test environment at 6.5.3, saw ~ 40 MB/s aggregate throughput (to a disk STU), dropped 6.5.3.1 on the master, and reran the test with the same results. (I'm not pushing the client update just now because those are actually clients from a production environment.)
 
So if others were, as I was, alarmed by John's report and back-pedaled on updating, you're probably safe to (do your own testing! and then) go ahead and upgrade.

--
gabriel rosenkoetter
Radian Group Inc, Senior Systems Engineer
gabriel.rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz, 215 231 1556

 


From: Rosenkoetter, Gabriel
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:55 PM
To: 'Michitsch, John'
Cc: 'VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 Release Update 3 Hotfix 1 (6.5.3.1)

Wow.
 
Can you get some solid metrics on the speed drop?
 
Is it only Exchange clients that are affected?
 
Are these clients, SAN clients, SAN media servers, etc?
 
Have you opened a case with Symantec over the issue yet?
 
(Yes: I'd recommend updating the client software. As I believe I mentioned on list, the security vulnerability, part of what 6.5.3.1 corrects, affects all members of your NetBackup system, including clients.)
 

--
gabriel rosenkoetter
Radian Group Inc, Senior Systems Engineer
gabriel.rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz, 215 231 1556

 


From: Michitsch, John [mailto:JMICHITS AT gannett DOT com]
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:04 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 Release Update 3 Hotfix 1 (6.5.3.1)

We upgraded out master and two media servers to 6.5.3.1 (in order to backup a standby Exchange CCR node and Windows 2008) this week and our full backups this weekend are running incredibly slow, about 1/3 the normal speed.  The client agents have not been upgraded, they are at v. 6.5.1.  Do you think upgrading the agent will fix the speed issue, or am I going to need to open a support case?

 

Thoughts?

 

Thanks.

 

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: 20 February, 2009 10:08 AM
To: Preston, Doug
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 Release Update 3 Hotfix 1 (6.5.3.1)

 

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Preston, Doug <dpreston AT landam DOT com> wrote:

 There are a lot of your customers that would rather have a 32bit install instead of having to install all new machines twice.


3 times.  6.5 base, 6.5.3 patch kit, then 6.5.3.1 security patch.  Without LiveUpdate, I can't see any way to shrink this to less than 3 separate installs.

   .../Ed

Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE
ewilts AT ewilts DOT org

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