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vinods
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Netbackup Certification

Hi

I have planning to do netbackup 6.5 Winodws certification

How long will be the validity of Netbackup 6.5 certification ?

  • Certification remains valid for 2 major version - when 7.0 was released, I received notification that my 6.0 certification had expired (started receiving warning emails +- 6 weeks before expiration).

    Maybe good idea to rather do 7.0 exam. Just read up on all the new stuff - such as dedup, Opscentre, etc. There's still a lot of 6.5 (advanced disk, STU groups with basic and advanced disk, SLP) as well as the 'normal' day to day stuff in the exam.

  • but I would imagine that it will remain valid until 6.5 is no longer supported & will get less relevant as new major releases are forthcoming.

    Unless someone knows specifically (I did consider "getting certified" myself at one point!) you could always contact Symantec at the e-mail address on the bottom of the following URL:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/training/certification/index.jsp

  • Certification remains valid for 2 major version - when 7.0 was released, I received notification that my 6.0 certification had expired (started receiving warning emails +- 6 weeks before expiration).

    Maybe good idea to rather do 7.0 exam. Just read up on all the new stuff - such as dedup, Opscentre, etc. There's still a lot of 6.5 (advanced disk, STU groups with basic and advanced disk, SLP) as well as the 'normal' day to day stuff in the exam.

  • I got NetBackup 6.5 STS Cert - it is valid for 2 years.

  • Yes i have a little bit confusion i have a symantec partnernet is  my company is a symantec buisness partner through partnernet id given exam code name Symantec Technical Specialist ( STS ) also exam cost is Low price and if i given direct  exam ( Without using partnernet id ) exam cost is more .

     

    My question is here both exam certificate is same or ( STS ) is only for partner use only .

    Which is the best option .