[Info-vax] The Symantec NetBackup 6.5.5 OpenVMS Client

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In article <mn.92927d9c1b5621ef.104627 at brutele.be>, Marc Van Dyck <marc.vandyck at brutele.be> writes:
>VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG explained on 18/12/2009 :
>> In article 
>> <39aeee23-7a5f-4fe6-88b6-4185f601a198 at m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, Alan Fay 
>> <alan_fay at symantec.com> writes:
>>>   December 17, 2009
>>>   The Symantec NetBackup 6.5.5 OpenVMS Client
>>> 
>>>   The  NetBackup  6.5.5  OpenVMS client release update for HP Itanium
>>>   (IA64), Alpha (AXP) and VAX systems is now available  for  download
>>>   from Veritas support:
>>> 
>>>   
>>> ftp://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/NB_VMS_6.5.5_337815.zip
>>> 
>>>   Please see the RELEASE_NOTES.txt file which lists all the  changes,
>>>   new features and enhancements of this release.
>>> 
>>>   This  release  completes our support for the entire ODS-5 character
>>>   set, with support for the ODS-5 percent (%) wildcard  character  in
>>>   file or directory names:
>>> 
>>>   The percent (%) character is an OpenVMS wildcard for a single char-
>>>   acter within a file or directory name.  It can be  specified  as  a
>>>   non-wildcard  character  in an ODS-5 file or directory name, but it
>>>   must be preceded by the circumflex  (^)  character.   This  release
>>>   will backup and restore ODS-5 file or directory names which contain
>>>   the percent (%) wilcard character.
>>
>> If it's anything like the ESM agent for OpenVMS, I'd steer clear.
>
>Don't know what is the "ESM agent for OpenVMS", but with the demise
>of SLS under openVMS Integrity, there are not that many solutions left.

ESM is/was their Enterprise Security Manager.  I took over development
maintenance for ESM for a time until they decided they would be better 
served by outsourcing that to India for micro-ha'pennies on the dollar.

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