From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 14:46:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06F3116A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:46:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6CC43D3F for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:46:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i5TEkuCS050715; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:46:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:46:55 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Will Saxon Message-ID: <20040629144655.GD81324@dan.emsphone.com> References: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED802E86E71@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED802E86E71@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q's about IBM TSM (was Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compatheaded for history) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:46:58 -0000 In the last episode (Jun 29), Will Saxon said: > > > I once polled users to get feedback about the demand for a BSD > > > client. Although I thought I got impressive numbers, the "offer" > > > we received was a joke (they would have charged 125,000 EUR for > > > the port of a 5.x client, support for this client would have cost > > > another 25000 EUR and there would have been no updates to future > > > versions). > > > > > > However, if you would like to make another attempt, I can send > > > you the E-Mail responses I have collected so far, to show them, > > > that there is some demand. > > > > Casually mention that Veritas NetBackup supports FreeBSD and you were > > wondering what the migration path might be :) > > It does? Under Linux emu I guess? They have a native 4.x client that runs fine under -current. Someone recently asked about getting the media server running under Linux emulation, but I don't know whether they got it to work or not. http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/263839.pdf -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com