I've used 4.0 before. For the most part it worked but I had some issues with copying of backup set data. We backed up to NAS devices, and when we needed to get a paticular backup set copied to another physical location we ran into some issues; we were under time constraints so we did a copy operation to a file server at a location that was not the final destination, then found out we could not copy the "copied" data to it's final location through commvault, some sort of limitation in the software wouldn't let us (we could have just copied the files through the OS, but then we woldn't be able to "import" them back into commvault to do a restore). The commvault tech support I talked to said this was fixed in the latest version. I also didn't like their method for doing software patches, it was a bit of a mess and a pain to try and keep track of what patches needed to be applied. There were a lot of patches to be applied, which is a good thing because it shows they're genuinely trying to fix bugs, but trying to figure out which pacthes were "rolled up" into later patches was difficult using their website, I spent a lot of time maintaining a patch matrix in Excel so I would know what patches were needed where, and if they had been applied. Their tech support had it's good and bad moments. Sometimes I'd get a tech support rep who really knew his stuff, sometimes I'd get a guy who didn't seem to know much and had to consult with others a lot (which is better than some software companies who employ nothing but complete idiots as tech support *cough*NetIQ*cough*).
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:22:36 +0100, Paul Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies for being OT here but I'm sure I've seen this product mentioned on > this list, albeit probably in an exchange context. > > We're replacing a bunch of servers in the next few months, including our > main fileserver, and may be moving to a SAN solution (Dell AX100). > > Our experiences with Arcserve have not been too pleasant, so I'm looking at > alternaitves. > > What we want to be able to do is "normal" GFS rotations on an LTO2 library, > if we do go the SAN route we would want SAN aware backup software, if we end > up replacing with another bunch of servers with direct attached storage we > need to be able to back that up via a central backup server which had the > tape library attached. > > I keep hearing good things about Commvault Galaxy - anyone here use it, have > any thoughts on ease of use etc? > > I'm specifically thinking "tape management" - Arcserve doesn't seem very > intuitive at saying "todays "special" Friday, take this tape out and take it > offsite, insert this tape instead" and things like that. > [snip] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
