Re: [Veritas-bu] Aptare Storage Console vs. Veritas Backup Reporter
All, I have done a couple of comparisons with VBR and different reporting tools and what I have found is that its a givetake situation. Depending on the features you need, Aptare is probably the best out there followed by BackupVISUAL (though BackupVISUAL is a good tool, its implementation is a little bit questionable, IMHO) followed by VBR followed by etc... you get the idea. My biggest problem is that VBR does not handle/record/update change very well and with a mixed environment with multiple Master/Media boxes on varied networks, the problems become even more evident including inconsistent numbers (currently we offset this with some heavy perl scripting). To their defense VBR is stable, installation has always been smooth and crashes are next to non-existent but what that's worth compared to other products. well I guess it comes down to price/needs. On Feb 5, 2008 5:50 AM, Kevin Whittaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would agree with Ed, that Aptare is a much better product them VBR. Depending on your size, check out backupVISUAL. It is a very easy product to learn and it was extremely simple to install. Kevin -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ed Wilts *Sent:* Monday, February 04, 2008 5:34 PM *To:* Forester, Jack L *Cc:* veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu *Subject:* Re: [Veritas-bu] Aptare Storage Console vs. Veritas Backup Reporter It's been a while since I've done the head-to-head but I recently asked my salesrep for a quote on VBR to see if it might be worthwhile be switching. VBR is considerably more expensive than Aptare's StorageConsole. However, I will add that I just saw Aptare's new license terms today and didn't like them one bit. I've got a query in to them... In terms of straight feature comparisons, I believe that Aptare still wins (it wasn't even close when we purchased StorageConsole). I've seen their 6.5 release although I haven't had a chance to install it yet and it's quite impressive - I've been hounding my Unix admins to give me a production environment to put it on (it doesn't support RHEL 3 which is where I'm currently at on the portal). The one thing I've noticed about backup reporting products is that there are features in there that are very important to some customers and very useless to others. There may be 1 feature in there that you absolutely have to have so it's in your best interest to have a detailed look at what you need and what each product has to offer. Start with price quotes from both vendors, pick the cheapest, do a through analysis of it, and if it meets all of your needs, you're done. If there's stuff missing, then you may have to step up in price. What you'll find out, though, is that in some cases you're paying for features you may never need and that's just wasting money. Aptare and Veritas aren't the only players in the game these days either. Yes, I know that both Veritas and Aptare are listening :-) .../Ed On Feb 4, 2008 3:53 PM, Forester, Jack L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking at reporting tools for NetBackup, and was wondering if anyone has done a head-to-head comparison of Storage Console vs. Backup Reporter. Aptare has always received high praise here, and the Veritas product, well, has never been mentioned in the same breath as Aptare. I've heard that Backup reporter has improved over the years, but can it yet hold a candle to Storage Console? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- Matthew MCP, MCSA, MCTS, OCA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Define Trouble: Why did you apply THAT patch?? ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore of SQL2000 DB to SQL2005 server
You can convert a 2000DB to 2K5DB but that would be a job for the DBA (there is a wizard for this but keep a backup of the 2000 DB and restore to a new instance of the 2K5 using the conversion wizard). Where you restore the information is relative but this sounds like a database question more than a netbackup question. On Feb 4, 2008 8:12 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Steve* *Although I have never tried it, it should actually be possible within SQL 2000 itself. Essentially, backup the DB using the SQL Backup tool (in SQL2000) and then simply import (or restore) the DB into SQL 2005. Im sure there is a wizard for this task.* ** *Ive not actually tried it, but is there anything in the NetBackup DB Admin Guide ?* ** *Simon* -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jenner, Steven *Sent:* Monday, February 04, 2008 11:09 AM *To:* veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] Restore of SQL2000 DB to SQL2005 server Hi, I have received a request to restore a DB which was backed up on a SQL2000 client to a new server running SQL2005. I know you can redirect a restore of a SQL DB to a different host but do not know whether restoring to a different version of SQL is possible. Has anyone done this and if so were there any issues? Any information gratefully received. The NetBackup environment is running on v5.1MP6. Thanks in advance, Steve. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- Matthew MCP, MCSA, MCTS, OCA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Define Trouble: Why did you apply THAT patch?? ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.1 MP5 all jobs hanging
I've seen that action with solaris 10/NBU5.1MP5. We ended up finding a memory leak with the bpsched module, sent a memory dump to Veritas and they provided an update to us. I suggest the next time it happens that you get a memory dump and send it in. Matthew On Dec 19, 2007 11:35 AM, Hudson, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have seen at least 4 times in the last week where all Jobs Hang and it looks like BPSCHED goes away. We must then use the Kill -9 command on the Solaris 8 host to kill everything as the bp.kill_all and netbackup stop commands are ineffective. Anyone else seen this behavior in 5.1 MP5 ??? Steven R. Hudson Sysadmin - Enterprise Storage Iron Mountain 745 Atlantic Avenue Boston MA 02111 Phone: (617) 535-2849 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- * The information contained in this email message and its attachments is intended only for the private and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above, unless the sender expressly agrees otherwise. Transmission of email over the Internet is not a secure communications medium. If you are requesting or have requested the transmittal of personal data, as defined in applicable privacy laws by means of email or in an attachment to email you must select a more secure alternate means of transmittal that supports your obligations to protect such personal data. If the reader of this message is not he intended recipient and/or you have received this email in error, you must take no action based on the information in this email and you are hereby notified that any dissemination, misuse or coping or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email and delete the original message. * ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- Matthew C. Agle, MCSA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Define Trouble: One hundred users standing up in their cubes asking what happened after you change a setting ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
