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Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
Rob_Wilcox1
Level 6
15 years ago

New Compatibility Guide released...

I just created a blog, but whilst waiting for that to publish, I thought I'd also share here :



Hot off the presses :

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/276547.htm

Direct link :

http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/Exchange_Mailbox_Archiving_Unit/276547.pdf

Major changes :

Addition of EV 9 information

Addition of Exchange 2007 SP 3 Support

Addition of Outlook 2010 information

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  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    15 years ago
    I posted it here too, because a certain person I know, who shall remain nameless (JEFF!) has been bugging me hourly for 3 days on the new guide ... ;-)
  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    I posted it here too, because a certain person I know, who shall remain nameless (JEFF!) has been bugging me hourly for 3 days on the new guide ... ;-)
  • MichelZ's avatar
    MichelZ
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    Rob

    Can you explain Page 29, "Storage Software":

    NTFS: N

    What does that mean?
    We cannot archive to NTFS anymore?! ;)

    Cheers
    Michel
  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    It doesn't mean that no.  The guide is going to get amended to make it clearer.. it's basically relating to secondary storage, eg collections and migrations.
  • Simon_Butler's avatar
    Simon_Butler
    Level 5
    15 years ago
    Quick Qs:

    Defragmentation has always been listed as either N or P; Given the way Indexes are written and updated, defrags are essential to maintain performance...  So does this really mean defrags are not technically supported whist EV services are running - defrag ok if services stopped or in read-only?

    Exchange 2007 Management Console - Doc says it is not supported on an EV server.  By this I assume it is not supported with which to enable mailbox access for EV, hence Outlook being required, but that there are no known issues surrounding it's installation on an EV server.  (It contains no CDO or MAPI elements no anyway).  Resson I ask is that I'd like to use some Exchange PowerShell on the EV servvers with which to develop some integrated reports.


    Cheers,
    Si
  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    regarding this comment >

    <snip>

    Defragmentation has always been listed as either N or P; Given the way Indexes are written and updated, defrags are essential to maintain performance...  So does this really mean defrags are not technically supported whist EV services are running - defrag ok if services stopped or in read-only?

    </snip>

    The table beneath the comment on Index file defragmentation tools is going to be removed.  The statement in the guide which says :

    "no known incompatibility with disk defragmentation software"

    That's going to stay.  That's our official stance.

    In my opinion as with any online data access of files, care should be taken with whatever disk dragmentation you do.
  • Rob_Wilcox1's avatar
    Rob_Wilcox1
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    regarding this comment >

    <snip>
    Exchange 2007 Management Console - Doc says it is not supported on an EV server.  By this I assume it is not supported with which to enable mailbox access for EV, hence Outlook being required, but that there are no known issues surrounding it's installation on an EV server.  (It contains no CDO or MAPI elements no anyway).  Resson I ask is that I'd like to use some Exchange PowerShell on the EV servvers with which to develop some integrated reports.
    </snip>

    We don't anticipate any problems, but, we don't explicitly test that combination, hence the statement in the Compatibility Guide.
  • Simon_Butler's avatar
    Simon_Butler
    Level 5
    15 years ago
    Sounds fine to me - I wouldn't expect every copmbination of software to be tested...there are quite a few apps out there.

    There's no CDO, MAPI or any other messaging component in Ex2k7 EMC so we should be fine - I'll run a test :-)