RE: CA Products Was: Information Store service will not start...
- From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:15:47 -0700
> I've used it previously mainly in the Novell days. It was notorious for
working for
> months and then one day "stopping" for no reason. I used to maintain
servers for
> school districts and had several with these types of problems and they
would
> require reinstalling. After switching to BE, never had another problem.
I'm
> currently running BS 9, only because the "boss" liked it. However I had
many
> problems getting it to run a successful backup. After we first got it up
and running
> w/ eval version, when we went to convert to full version it stopped
backing up. Had
> to do a uninstall, registry clean, reinstall to get it working again.
Then when we
> purchased Exchange couple months ago and bought the exchange agent, it too
> starting working fine and then one day stopped backing up exchange. Had
to
> uninstall and reinstall the agent again. I had to use a different setup
than what I
> was using the first time even though the first setup worked fine for 4
weeks. CA
> support is horrible in my opinion. I can't compare it to Veritas though
b/c I never
> had to call on their products. Also install patches for CA is horrible.
You have to
> use their special CAzip program. I hate to keep ranting about them but I
have
> never really liked them. There are too many products on the market that
in my
> opinion are better than their products. Just my $.02. I have done file
restores and
> it "works." I haven't tested the Exchange restore out. Hopefully I'll
never have to
> but I plan on doing a sim test in the next month or so.
Thanks Mike. That is what I have heard and I personally hate CA, as they own
McAfee and their noses are about as high as a 10 story building.
John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA
Engineer/Consultant
eServices For You
www.eservicesforyou.com
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