07-04-2019 08:49 AM
07-04-2019 09:28 AM
NetBackup uses a modified version of tar to create the backup images on tape and disk.
07-08-2019 07:05 AM
Since Veritas uses a modifyed version of GNU tar, the source code has to be released as open source as well.
07-09-2019 06:01 AM
This is no longer true. NetBackup 8.x has its own nbtar component that was developed in clean-room isolation from the old tar in 7.x. Even that only applied to Linux and Unix variants. NetBackup 7.x did not use the open source tar for Windows.