IIRC, v8.5's main attraction was support for SQL2000 and Exchange2000

You can load the base code for v8.5 over v8.0 with v8.0 licences, but can
only support SQL v7 and Exchange 5.5, so v8.5 can be considered a patch
update as long as you don't need the new agents.

V9.0 includes backup to disk (first available in v8.6) and support for XP
(also available in v8.6) and W2K3, as well as a truely useless redesign of
the interface.

"Chris Villanueva" wrote in message
news:3fb5312e@ROSASTDMZ05....
> I have 8.0 and am considering upgrading to 8.5.
>
> How about advantages of 9 over 8 or 8.5?
>
> Thanks.
> Chris
> --
>
>

Hmm... Doesn't look like I could use those.

Thanks, Ken. Appreciate the reply.

"ken putnam" wrote in message
news:3fb55c46@ROSASTDMZ05....
> IIRC, v8.5's main attraction was support for SQL2000 and Exchange2000
>
> You can load the base code for v8.5 over v8.0 with v8.0 licences, but can
> only support SQL v7 and Exchange 5.5, so v8.5 can be considered a patch
> update as long as you don't need the new agents.
>
> V9.0 includes backup to disk (first available in v8.6) and support for XP
> (also available in v8.6) and W2K3, as well as a truely useless redesign
of
> the interface.
>
> "Chris Villanueva" wrote in message
> news:3fb5312e@ROSASTDMZ05....
> > I have 8.0 and am considering upgrading to 8.5.
> >
> > How about advantages of 9 over 8 or 8.5?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Chris
> > --
> >
> >
>
>

hi chris,
there are many advantages of upgrading from 8.x to 9.x, since 9.x has many
advanced feature and is much more user friendly then previous versions of
backup exec.
james
"Chris Villanueva" wrote:
>I have 8.0 and am considering upgrading to 8.5.
>
>How about advantages of 9 over 8 or 8.5?
>
>Thanks.
>Chris
>--
>
>

Such as? Is there a link that explains?

thanks

"james" wrote in message news:3fb5dff2@ROSASTDMZ05....
>
> hi chris,
> there are many advantages of upgrading from 8.x to 9.x, since 9.x has many
> advanced feature and is much more user friendly then previous versions of
> backup exec.
> james
> "Chris Villanueva" wrote:
> >I have 8.0 and am considering upgrading to 8.5.
> >
> >How about advantages of 9 over 8 or 8.5?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >Chris
> >--
> >
> >
>