If I were you, I would wait. Backup Exec 9 stinks. I upgraded and have been
sorry ever since.

"DMC" wrote in message news:3ebbf744$1@hronntp01....
>
> I usually avoid installing a new version over an old because it's can
often
> be more problematic than a 'clean' install. I would like to perform the
> cleanest upgrade to version 9 from ver 8.6 and retain all current
info/settings
> (backup jobs, media sets, etc.) What is the best practice in doing so?
> Thanks for any insight!

Really? Other than the new interface, everything seems to work. And I
really like being able to stop and start the services from within the
application. OK, the HTML job logs that you get with the email
notifications *are* pretty difficult to use. I think I liked the plain text
logs from previous versions better. And I *would* like to be able to edit
jobs in the Job Monitor tab like previous version. But overall, I'd say it
looks like a decent upgrade. But then I have a pretty simple installation.

"Bob Riedel" wrote in message
news:3ebc120f@hronntp01....
> If I were you, I would wait. Backup Exec 9 stinks. I upgraded and have
been
> sorry ever since.
>
> "DMC" wrote in message news:3ebbf744$1@hronntp01....
> >
> > I usually avoid installing a new version over an old because it's can
> often
> > be more problematic than a 'clean' install. I would like to perform the
> > cleanest upgrade to version 9 from ver 8.6 and retain all current
> info/settings
> > (backup jobs, media sets, etc.) What is the best practice in doing so?
> > Thanks for any insight!
>
>

I haven't had a successful backup of anything for a month, although BE 9
worked when first installed. Tech support at Veritas is nearly useless since
it is backlogged beyond belief.

Good luck.

"Tim Willingham" wrote in message
news:3ebfe229$1@hronntp01....
> Really? Other than the new interface, everything seems to work. And I
> really like being able to stop and start the services from within the
> application. OK, the HTML job logs that you get with the email
> notifications *are* pretty difficult to use. I think I liked the plain
text
> logs from previous versions better. And I *would* like to be able to edit
> jobs in the Job Monitor tab like previous version. But overall, I'd say
it
> looks like a decent upgrade. But then I have a pretty simple
installation.
>
> "Bob Riedel" wrote in message
> news:3ebc120f@hronntp01....
> > If I were you, I would wait. Backup Exec 9 stinks. I upgraded and have
> been
> > sorry ever since.
> >
> > "DMC" wrote in message
news:3ebbf744$1@hronntp01....
> > >
> > > I usually avoid installing a new version over an old because it's can
> > often
> > > be more problematic than a 'clean' install. I would like to perform
the
> > > cleanest upgrade to version 9 from ver 8.6 and retain all current
> > info/settings
> > > (backup jobs, media sets, etc.) What is the best practice in doing
so?
> > > Thanks for any insight!
> >
> >
>
>