In <1993Oct14.120040.21323@cs.hope.edu> jipping@cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping) writes:
>A couple of days ago, I posted
>>Just as we are starting to cast about for a better backup solution than
>>we have (e.g., better than homegrown Perl scripts), I read in the "New
>>Features" stuff for Solaris 2.3 that Backup: Online 2.1 will be bundled
>>with that release.
>>
>>My question: Is Online: Backup worth anything? I'm looking for a few
>>comments pro or con -- Solaris 2.3 is several months away for us and I
>>want to know if I need to look for some evaluation software from other
>>vendors of backup software.
>In summary of the responses, two main points have come out:
> (1) Online: Backup appears to be a good package. All responders who
> used it thought it was very good (although the documentation left
> room for improvement...).
> (2) Online: Backup will *NOT* be bundled with Solaris 2.3. I had an
> Early Release document from Sun -- dated May, 1993 -- and this
> package was apparently yanked from the distribution sometime
> around August. Oh, well...
>Thanks to those who responded. Current SunExpress price for Online:
>Backup is $600 for single user, but note that you need it on all machines
>that you intend to backup.
This is not quite correct: You need the license on every tape server, not
on every client you intend to backup.
Also, there are two prices for Online: Backup, one for desktop machines
and one for server systems.
cu,
Peter
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