Don't forget the massive hit your SLAs are going to take while your
staff figure out how to troubleshoot just the simple Networker errors
(i.e. client backup failed), let alone anything complex that may hit
your environment (i.e. Networker Master stops functioning for
non-obvious reasons). Even if consulting services are provided for the
transition period, will it be long enough for you and your team to
become Networker experts like the consultants (hopefully) are ? 

After the transition is complete, how many years will it take for your
backup staff to achieve the same level of expertise with Networker that
they have with NetBackup ? 

Got any custom backup-related scripts ? You'll have to rewrite them. 

Any custom reporting ? Plan on rewriting that too. Commercial reporting
solutions probably won't be too hard to cutover though, just install the
new agent(s) on the new infrastructure. 

Couch any arguments into language management understands : additional
hardware costs, software licenses, H/W & S/W maintenance costs, any
additional SAN space needed, SLA issues, training classes, any
additional FTEs, man hours, etc. 

- John Nardello

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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of
Bluejay AT fujigreenwood DOT com
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:00 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Legato vs. NetBackup

> EMC has grabbed my managers ear and wants to demo Legato.  We've 
> been running NetBackup since 3.4 and I'm in no hurry to change. 
> Anyone out there with any Legato vs. NetBackup thoughts?

Be sure to ask what the cost would be to purchase all the required
Legato 
licenses, and extra media to use while your environment transitions from

one backup product to another (you'll probably want to set aside all
your 
NetBackup tapes until they retire, while maintaining a server that can 
restore from them).

We previously had both a NetBackup and a NetWorker installation here.
The 
deciding factor  for which one to consolidate on came down to the cost
of 
purchasing the additional licenses: we'd have needed to purchase a lot 
more NetWorker licenses than NetBackup licenses due to the asymmetry of 
the installations.

                                                                      - 
Bluejay Adametz
 
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy
me. 
-Noel Coward 


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