>Hi all!
>
>Does anyone use a product called HARBOR with an MVS or OS/390 platform
>server under APPC/LU6.2 and NT clients out there? I'm having a problem
>convincing a technical manager here that it wouldn't matter WHAT
>backup/recovery product is used (ADSM, Harbor, BackupExec, etc.), an NT
>client must at least have its OS and communications environments enabled
>before the product can (1) access the mainframe; and (2) restore files and
>directory structures.
>
>He's under the impression that having a DOS diskette with network adapter
>info is all that's required for getting an NT client up and available for
>MVS connectivity. The Harbor people have told him that's all he needs in an
>OS/2 environment with APPC protocol. They may be correct with that, however
>I contend that NT under TCP/IP presents  a whole set of variables (i.e.,
>the registry for starters) that can't possibly be addressed with a single
>DOS diskette with minimal network info. With ADSM (and in absence of a V3
>server and DRM), NT still has to be loaded and a skeletal comm environment
>made available for access to the mainframe. Am I missing the boat here, or
>did he drop his oars in the water?
>
>Thanks.
>
>C.L.Cannam
>Storage Management
>GENAM/St. Louis, MO/USA
>ccannam AT genam DOT com
>