Trouble is, no matter what answer I would have said or done.... it would
be deemed wrong anyhow :-(
Even though the environment has had great backups, and worked flawlessly
with IDR when needbe!
Each to their own.
Sorry if my reply was not to everyones like 

-----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
Lightner, Jeff
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:02 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Open file backup error - OT rant

To me the most courteous "email courtesy" would be NOT to bitch about
how others send email.  

There is no consistent view of what is courteous - some hate top
posting, some hate bottom posting, some hate in line responses, some
hate emails that have been trimmed because they think it loses context
whereas others hate the huge threads.   Some complain about HTML mail
where others don't give a *ahem* darn.  Given that these are all
OPINIONS of the folks that have them suggesting that they are FACTS of
life seems to me the ultimate in hubris.


-----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 bob944
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:34 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Cc: simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Open file backup error

> I would agree! VSP is dire!! Ignore it. I can say that in all my 11+ 
> years in NBU, I turned it off !

I have to throw the BS flag here.  That's just FUD.

Until Microsoft finally came up with VSS in w2k3, the OS vendor provided
*zero* tools for open file backups.  Veritas had been filling that void
since... what, 3.2 c. 1999 or so?  OTM (pre 4.5fp6) and the
Veritas-written replacement, VSP, functioning in the horribly flaky
world of Microsoft device drivers, do a pretty good job of getting a
consistent version of write-locked files that the OS won't otherwise
allow to be read.  The admin had to do his part--configure VSP, have the
snap space and not let his PC's antivirus program lock the snaps.

And while I'm being bitchy, are there more than three people left on
this mailing list WITH THE COURTESY TO EFFING TRIM THEIR 400-LINE
REPLIES?


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