Julie,
        I think if you use the CDROM NLM you're okay but some other CDROM
implementations on Netware cause problems like this... easiest way to
deal with this is to use a DOMAIN statement in your DSM.OPT file.

Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com

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>From:  Julie Phinney[SMTP:julphinn AT emphesys.e-mail DOT com]
>Sent:  Thursday, January 16, 1997 11:57 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Netware client
>
>Hi all,
>We have mainly run ADSM on all our OS/2 Lan servers until recently
>venturing into the Netware world.  We just installed ADSM 2.1.6 on
>a Netware 3.12 server, and the first full backup backed up every
>drive in the attached CD Tower.  We are not specifying a DOMAIN
>parameter in the DSM.OPT file.  I thought the default was ALL-Local,
>and that excluded  attached CD drives.  On our OS/2 servers, the
>default is all local, and CD drives are automatically excluded.  What
>should I be doing different?
>Question 2:  Why does the DSM.OPT file have this in it:
>*  Recommended exclude list for NetWare
>*  -------------------------------------------------------
>*
>*  NetWare 3.x specific - use the INCR BINDERY or SEL BINDERY
>*  command to backup the bindery; exclude the real bindery
>*  files:
>*  -------------------------------------------------------
>* EXCLUDE          sys:\system\net$obj.sys
>* EXCLUDE          sys:\system\net$prop.sys
>* EXCLUDE          sys:\system\net$val.sys
>Why exclude these and back it up manually?  I noticed if we dont
>exclude these, they get backed up, which is, what I'd think, you'd
>want.
>