Chris,
I am sure you can do that. We use SQL-BACKTRACK from Datatools which is an
API interface to adsm to backup sybase databases. This product kicks off
multiple sessions for multiple db backups. In fact, one can also start up
multiple line command and/or gui sessions on the same node.

At 09:57 AM 1/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I am using version 2.1 on AIX 4.1 and need to know if it is possible to have
>more than one session to the ADSM server?  (I am using the API)  What I want
>to do is to have multiple threads, each one with a session to ADSM.  The
>purpose for doing this is so that a parent thread can use more than one
>session to do parallel retrieves as we have many tape drives.  Without this,
>the retrieves are serially performed and the multiple drives are of little
>benefit.
>
>Any info would be greatly appreciated
>
>Regards, Chris
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Have a nice day or whatever's left of it.

David Ong
National Semiconductor Corp.