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Re: Dos Client for ADSM
1998-02-09 16:54:32
You make a very good point..I had not considered the NTFS issues. I
doubt a DOS restore would ever work.
Mark L. Evans - MCSE
mevans AT co.slc.ut DOT us
Network Administrator
Salt Lake County Information Services
On Monday, February 09, 1998 7:39 PM, Wanda Prather
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> I think you are barking up the wrong tree.
> With the DOS client, you are not going to have NTFS file system
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> or long file name support.
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> We asked those questions and decided that a written down, tested
> procedure for reinstalling NT would be safer and faster than all the
> reworking you would have to do with a DOS client (and we weren't even
> sure it was possible because of the NTFS issue.)
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> Even better, work at getting a second disk. Then you can have a
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> From: Mark Evans[SMTP:MEvans AT co.slc.ut DOT us]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 2:24 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Subject: Dos Client for ADSM
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> Thanks for all of the help on this....
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> I wanted to further explain what I had in mind to see what you all
> thought.
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> I need to get a good backup/restore procedure for NT 4.0 servers. We
> have taken a test machine and ran a full backup to ADSM. We then
fdisked
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> the machine/reinstalled NT server/restored from ADSM. This seemed to
> work. I was a little concerned with a few files that could not be
backed
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> up due to access denied messages.
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> I would like to eliminate the re-install of NT server. I want to build
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> boot disk that can get me up and connected to ADSM. I then want to
> restore the entire disk image of the drive. First am I crazy. Second,
> have any of you seen a product called stack replica that apparently
> boots up in dos and connects to the ADSM system. I am assuming it uses
> the required IP stacks others have said are necessary. The FE from IBM
> mentioned it but he wasn't sure where to get the software from.
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> I am busy looking for a copy of DOS 6.0 and the LANManager 2.1 and
> 2.2(we have it around here somewhere) but until I find it I would like
> to see what others have tried on the NT backup situation.
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> Mark L. Evans - MCSE
> mevans AT co.slc.ut DOT us
> Network Administrator
> Salt Lake County Information Services
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> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1>From:</FONT></B>
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> <FONT SIZE=3D1>Mark Evans[SMTP:MEvans AT co.slc.ut DOT us]</FONT>
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> <FONT SIZE=3D1>Monday, February 09, 1998 2:24 PM</FONT>
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> <FONT SIZE=3D1>ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu</FONT>
> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1>Subject:</FONT></B>
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> <FONT SIZE=3D1>Dos Client for ADSM</FONT>
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> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks for all of the help on =
> this....</FONT>
> <BR>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I wanted to further explain what I =
> had in mind to see what you all</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">thought.</FONT>
> <BR>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I need to get a good backup/restore
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> procedure for NT 4.0 servers. We</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">have taken a test machine and ran a
=
> full backup to ADSM. We then fdisked</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the machine/reinstalled NT =
> server/restored from ADSM. This seemed to</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">work. I was a little concerned with
a =
> few files that could not be backed</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">up due to access denied =
> messages.</FONT>
> <BR>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I would like to eliminate the =
> re-install of NT server. I want to build a</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">boot disk that can get me up and =
> connected to ADSM. I then want to</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">restore the entire disk image of the
=
> drive. First am I crazy. Second,</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">have any of you seen a product
called =
> stack replica that apparently</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">boots up in dos and connects to the
=
> ADSM system. I am assuming it uses</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the required IP stacks others have =
> said are necessary. The FE from IBM</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">mentioned it but he wasn't sure
where =
> to get the software from.</FONT>
> <BR>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I am busy looking for a copy of DOS
=
> 6.0 and the LANManager 2.1 and</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">2.2(we have it around here
somewhere) =
> but until I find it I would like</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">to see what others have tried on the
=
> NT backup situation.</FONT>
> <BR>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Mark L. Evans - MCSE</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">mevans AT co.slc.ut DOT us</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Network Administrator</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Salt Lake County Information =
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