We have been using Arcserve since it first existed. Recently (last week) we upgraded to version 9 and I have to say it was the smoothest upgrade from them ever. CA's tech support is the worst I have ever had to deal with, so it was nice that I didn't need to rely on them. Within 5 minutes the upgrade was done, my backup job needed no modifications, and all of our existing agents (2k) worked just fine. There is no need to upgrade the agents unless you wish to take advantage of special functions they may offer. On a side note, Arcserve 9 no longer supports backing up OS/2 machines, even if you have an agent. Stick with Arcserve 2k if you require this ability. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Mon 7/28/2003 3:45 PM To: [ExchangeList] Cc: Subject: [exchangelist] RE: ARCServe and Exchange 2000. http://www.MSExchange.org/ John, I have been using ARCServe 2000 for the past 3 years and it has been running fairly smoothly. I have Exchange 5.5 but am currently upgrading to Windows\Exchange 2003. In this process, I am looking to go to ARCServe v9, but we have determined that this is quite pricey for all of the needed agents. I have also had a hard time restoring our Priv and Pub databases from the ARCServe product. It has a 'decent' interface, but now we are seriously looking to get away from their product. I have been turned to Netvault by Bakbone for backup/restore software. I have only heard good things about this product so far. Chris -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff [mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:37 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] ARCServe and Exchange 2000. http://www.MSExchange.org/ Opinions/experiences/comments please. John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You 626-737-6003 john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jtolmachoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> www.eservicesforyou.com <http://www.reliancesoft.com/> ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: jrobill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') Message sent 29/7/2003 from Jeffrey Robillard to recipient