Well, right after I posted that message about pricing frustrations with Tivoli, I received a quote for NetBackup. It is four times the cost of TSM. Keep in mind, everything I'm currently comparing is list pricing, but the delta between the two is huge. Netbackup must be one heck of a piece of software.
My eyes are opening..... This isn't Backup Exec, NT Backup, shell scripts and TAR anymore :-)
