In <[log in to unmask]> Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
> [log in to unmask] (Rick Gilligan ) wrote:
>
> [portions snipped...]
>
> >Due to the limited (approx 1 year) support life left on
> >4.0, they would  not file an SR to fix the problem, nor
> >would they, or the Response  Center, file an SR for
> >visibility saying that a 5.0->4.0 Account= restore  is
> >rare and would likely not affect many people.
> >
> >So, THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS BEWARE, if you cut
> >your tapes on 5.0  and send them to 4.0 or earlier
> >clients and they use an Account= restore  option, they
> >WILL run into this problem.
> >
>
> I would echo Ricks concern - in my opinion this will occur more
> often than the HP lab thinks. IMHO its a case of HP arrogance
> again. But then they obviously know more than us little ol'
> software houses.
>
> -- Duane Percox (Quintessential School Systems)
>    [log in to unmask]
 
We've been cutting tapes off 5.0 systems (and customers have been
installing them on 4.0 systems) - and we use ;ACCOUNT= on our restore.
I haven't heard of any problems. However, if this is in fact a problem
we are going to hit, I strongly urge SOMEONE to fix it. I know of several
sites who are not planning on updating to 5.0 for a year or more, and
this would definitely be a problem for us (as s/w developers) as well.
 
                   -Chris Bartram
 
 
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