sorry guys, but I will have to agree.
when I implemented 3.4, I was given the CD, and a box of books from Veritas. I
was expected to read them in my own time. In fact, the manuals were so big, I
had very little choice in the matter. I should not have to give up my own
personal time, but I did.
I would prefer something short and simple. I do use some PDF's for online
agents or seperate licensed products that integrated into NBU, but to be
expected to read large manuals is something I just cannot always do.
Like Jonathan said, he regrets spending his time reading the manuals, when his
own personal time should be with his family. I regret it, but how can I be
expected (at the time) to read the manuals, and implement a solution within 1
week!!! it was a case of hands on, learning by my (serious) errors and
understanding, and in the end, taking the work home with me.
How sad is that ! But I guess we all had to start somewhere.....
Thats my 20p worth! and not a penny more :-)
Simon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin, Jonathan
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:51 PM
To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about NBU
Hence the "quick start guide." Thankfully most software vendors seem to have
"caught on." i.e. I don't want to read 800 pages of technical nonsense, most
of which I may never need, to get their product's basic functionality working.
Sure, sure when I want to go configuring Oracle or SAP or SharePoint I need to
peruse that length document for technical assist but I don't have that kind of
time if all I want to do is run a simple backup on Windows or Linux or
whatever. This is backup software, and I want to do backups with it. If I
wanted a fortnight's read I'd have taken an English class. Don't get me wrong,
I'm not saying that a competent admin doesn't need to be familiar with the ends
and out of a product. But if you are just taking a new software for a "test
drive" then why all the hassle? I never put anything into production without
kicking its tires a few times in dev, and what happens if in Dev I found out
the product isn't going to meet muster? I regret all the time spent reading
their )!*&#$^ admin guide instead of playing with my wife / kids / Halo 3 /
what have you.
Just my $.02
-Jonathan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Keating
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:10 AM
To: Jeff Lightner; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about NBU
I have my doubts.
You'd be surprised how many folks skip the product manuals and go straight for
the O'Reilly books
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff
Lightner
Sent: April 01, 2008 10:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Curtis Preston; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Top 20 (or so) misunderstood things about NBU
While on the surface it seems reasonable to say look at the
manuals/pdfs it seems that someone that went to the effort of buying and
reading a 3rd party book probably has already done that so. Therefore the
admonishment would be unnecessary.
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