Peter,

I have been testing BE9 Rev 4454 on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Pro & Server
for a week now...So far I haven't seen any problems....

Dan.

"Peter Gilbert" wrote in message
news:3efa27a4$1@hronntp01....
>
> Has Windows 2000 service pack 4 been tested w/ BackupExec v9? Will it
present
> any problems being installed on either the Backup server or a client it is
> backing up? Inquiring minds want to know.

Any known issues with W2K SP4 with v8.6?

Andrew

"Daniel Moore" wrote:
>Peter,
>
>I have been testing BE9 Rev 4454 on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Pro & Server
>for a week now...So far I haven't seen any problems....
>
>Dan.
>
>"Peter Gilbert" wrote in message
>news:3efa27a4$1@hronntp01....
>>
>> Has Windows 2000 service pack 4 been tested w/ BackupExec v9? Will it
>present
>> any problems being installed on either the Backup server or a client it
is
>> backing up? Inquiring minds want to know.
>
>

"Peter Gilbert" wrote:
>
>Has Windows 2000 service pack 4 been tested w/ BackupExec v9? Will it present
>any problems being installed on either the Backup server or a client it
is
>backing up? Inquiring minds want to know.

I upgraded 2 of my Veritas 9.0 media servers to W2K SP4 & noted that both
server's backup times jumped immediately to 100+% of what they were before
the service pack was applied. Veritas stated that SP4 takes the system back
to MDAC 2.6 but their software requries 2.7 SP1 which I reapplied to no avail.
They also pushed me through the hoops of updating all tape drivers/firmware
& SCSI drivers which were all current/unchanged from the previous day. Still
NO GO.

I even went as far as completely uninstalling Veritas 9.0/reboot, reinstall
SP4/reboot, reinstall MDAC 2.7 SP1/ reboot, reinstall & fully patch Veritas
9.0 with required reboot then rebuilt the daily backup job for that media
server. Still NO GO & Veritas tech support has been NO HELP AT ALL to date.
They don't respond to email and won't call the end user directly even though
I have a support agreement with them. I we have to call them & wait at least
45 minutes to talk to a human.

Conversely, I have media servers with Veritas 8.6 which I updated with W2K
SP4 BEFORE I upgraded to Veritas 9.0 without a problem. I intentionally
did not update the drivers or firmware before or during the upgrades just
to see if the software update would cause the same tape backup delays I noted
above.

Rgds,

Kirk

"Kirk Bell" wrote:
>
>"Peter Gilbert" wrote:
>>
>>Has Windows 2000 service pack 4 been tested w/ BackupExec v9? Will it
present
>>any problems being installed on either the Backup server or a client it
>is
>>backing up? Inquiring minds want to know.
>
>I upgraded 2 of my Veritas 9.0 media servers to W2K SP4 & noted that both
>server's backup times jumped immediately to 100+% of what they were before
>the service pack was applied. Veritas stated that SP4 takes the system
back
>to MDAC 2.6 but their software requries 2.7 SP1 which I reapplied to no
avail.
> They also pushed me through the hoops of updating all tape drivers/firmware
>& SCSI drivers which were all current/unchanged from the previous day.
Still
>NO GO.
>
>I even went as far as completely uninstalling Veritas 9.0/reboot, reinstall
>SP4/reboot, reinstall MDAC 2.7 SP1/ reboot, reinstall & fully patch Veritas
>9.0 with required reboot then rebuilt the daily backup job for that media
>server. Still NO GO & Veritas tech support has been NO HELP AT ALL to date.
> They don't respond to email and won't call the end user directly even though
>I have a support agreement with them. I we have to call them & wait at
least
>45 minutes to talk to a human.
>
>Conversely, I have media servers with Veritas 8.6 which I updated with W2K
>SP4 BEFORE I upgraded to Veritas 9.0 without a problem. I intentionally
>did not update the drivers or firmware before or during the upgrades just
>to see if the software update would cause the same tape backup delays I
noted
>above.
>
>Rgds,
>
>Kirk
>
>

Kirk,
I installed SP4 about a month after the release. Now my jobs are knocking
off about 20 minutes when doing about 32 GB. Wish I had a answer for you.
Now I have two jobs that sometimes go into pre-processing and never come
out. After rebooting server (Job Engine will not restart in services) they
work for a while until it needs reboot again... Oh this is frustrating sometimes...
I would keep reloading the Vertias SCSI drivers to the device until it starts
working correclty. Might have to try two/three times.
Good Luck.
Mitch


"Kirk Bell" wrote:
>
>"Peter Gilbert" wrote:
>>
>>Has Windows 2000 service pack 4 been tested w/ BackupExec v9? Will it
present
>>any problems being installed on either the Backup server or a client it
>is
>>backing up? Inquiring minds want to know.
>
>I upgraded 2 of my Veritas 9.0 media servers to W2K SP4 & noted that both
>server's backup times jumped immediately to 100+% of what they were before
>the service pack was applied. Veritas stated that SP4 takes the system
back
>to MDAC 2.6 but their software requries 2.7 SP1 which I reapplied to no
avail.
> They also pushed me through the hoops of updating all tape drivers/firmware
>& SCSI drivers which were all current/unchanged from the previous day.
Still
>NO GO.
>
>I even went as far as completely uninstalling Veritas 9.0/reboot, reinstall
>SP4/reboot, reinstall MDAC 2.7 SP1/ reboot, reinstall & fully patch Veritas
>9.0 with required reboot then rebuilt the daily backup job for that media
>server. Still NO GO & Veritas tech support has been NO HELP AT ALL to date.
> They don't respond to email and won't call the end user directly even though
>I have a support agreement with them. I we have to call them & wait at
least
>45 minutes to talk to a human.
>
>Conversely, I have media servers with Veritas 8.6 which I updated with W2K
>SP4 BEFORE I upgraded to Veritas 9.0 without a problem. I intentionally
>did not update the drivers or firmware before or during the upgrades just
>to see if the software update would cause the same tape backup delays I
noted
>above.
>
>Rgds,
>
>Kirk
>
>