RE: ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager/400

Lamar,

I am a former user of ADSM on the /400.  Unfortunately, I am no longer a
user due to a job change.

What type of tape drive do you have?  ADSM likes lots of tapes depending
on your setup.

How much free DASD do you have?  ADSM loves LOTS of disk regardless of
setup.

ADSM is not the easiest to learn but there are 2 great red books based
upon Version 1 that get the concepts down pretty well.  It works very
well with desktops but if you want to back up other servers.  Also, when
doing desk tops, use the policies to not back up everyones windows
directories, office, etc.  just go after user type data.

Finally, check out the ADSM site and search for a reference to ADSM-L,
the ADSL mailing list.  It had started to get more AS/400 users but still
has a lot of the Unix type folks...

HTH.  You can call directly if you would like more detailed info.

John


John W. Cirocco
Director, Information Technology
Pierce & Stevens Corp.
710 Ohio Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
John_Cirocco@PierceStevens.com
Phone 716-856-4910 Ext. 201
Pager 1-800-670-7039
   or 6707039@pagemci.com


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lamar Thomas [mailto:MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com]
>> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 4:08 PM
>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> Subject: ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager/400
>>
>>
>>
>> ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager/400
>>
>> Can anyone provide me with a little info. about ADSTAR? My
>> company would
>> like to backup our (Windows 95/98, NT) PC's to our AS/400
>> using ADSTAR. Is
>> this a good program to use? Is it hard to setup and get
>> running? What do
>> you need to get it working? This is what I have:
>>
>> AS/400 170
>> OS/400 V4R2
>> IBM ADSTAR v3 tape with no documentation
>> ADSTAR client 1.44 disks for Windows, DOS, OS/2.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Lamar Thomas
>> lamart@aldon.com
>>
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