Looks like they're about as supported as each other... under 6.0. http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise _Server/278064.pdf
Things that crack me up though, are things like... ITANIUM SUPPORT being the cats meow! I mean, come on, did everyone out there seriously pick Intel over AMD in the 64-bit platform arena?? (if you did, sorry) ~Kate -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:48 PM To: Scott Jacobson Cc: List Veritas List Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Symantec and Linux support On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:44:19AM -0600, Scott Jacobson wrote: > Ed, > > What about the other "white meat". We have SLES 8 and 9 Linux boxes > running as both Master and Media Servers. Symantec doesn't support Brightmail on any Linux distribution other than RHEL 3 AS and RHEL 3 ES. That should tell you something about their Linux commitment too - after all, I'd put SLES in the same category as RHEL for enterprise-quality (even though I've never worked with SLES). I've not looked at NetBackup support on SLES at all. .../Ed > > ;-) > > -sj > > >>> Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/10/2006 10:17 AM >>> > I regularly see postings from people looking to enhance their use of > Linux as NetBackup servers. Although I am a *strong* Linux advocate > and a Red Hat Certified Engineer, I would advise that you think long > and hard about this decision. Symantec has not yet been able to > demonstrate any willingness to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux as an > enterprise platform. > > Fact: NetBackup 6.5, targeted for release in February, 2007, will > drop support for RHEL 3. RHEL 3 started shipping in October, 2003 and > will be supported by Red Hat through October, 2010. Symantec will cut > you off with its current release nearly 4 years before Red Hat stops > supporting the OS. On the other hand, Windows 2000, which was > released > 2 1/2 years earlier than RHEL 3, will still be supported by NetBackup > 6.5. > Additionally, mainstream support for Win2K server has already ended > and > full support will end from Microsoft *before* RHEL 3 support ends. > This > should show you where Symantec's priorities lie. > > Fact: Symantec Brightmail is not available for RHEL 4 so if you're > deploying today, you have to deploy on RHEL 3. One Symantec > enterprise product will soon be unable to back up another Symantec > enterprise product. RHEL 4 has been out for over a year and still > Symantec hasn't > started supporting it. I just searched the support site for the system > requirements in case my local office was wrong, and RHEL 4 still does > not seem to be supported. > > Fact: NOM on Linux. Nope, it doesn't exist. Windows or Solaris > only. > > Symantec doesn't seem to get it. I'm turning blue in the face trying > to explain this to my local office. I know that there are Symantec > folks on this list - feel free to pass this on. Symantec's actions do > not go > without notice. > > I've been asked by my management why we're not using Linux for > NetBackup and I bluntly told them that Symantec can't be trusted to > support the platform as it should be trusted. We recently replaced > our master and one of our media servers and stuck with Solaris. We > spent a lot more money but at least I know it will work. > > Enough rambling. If you have concerns about NetBackup and Linux > support, contact your Symantec reps. > > .../Ed > > -- > Ed Wilts, RHCE > Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- 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 ----------------------------------------- This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu