Re: AS/400 -Reply
1997-06-14 13:29:06
Kelly,
>>I believe you are in the classic catch 22. In order to evaluate ADSM
>>properly, you need to understand it, but you don't want to understand
>>it until you decide to buy it.
Ain't that the truth! As mentioned in another post, I am hoping the 2
redbooks will help with the eval situation.
>>You might consider bringing in a consultant to help you with the ADSM
>>piece of this. ADSM is quite different from other products you might
>>evaluate.
That is the plan if Redbooks don't make it any clearer. Problem with that
is dollars. I was not planning on the purchase of ADSM for 1997
because I only learned of it 3 months ago. I can spread the cost over 3
years and it doesn't hurt too much this year. Consultants on the other
hand hit my budget directly (and probably cost as much as the software)
which I cannot afford for software I do not even know if I am going to
buy.
>>As a first crack at it, don't change the parameters. I believe you
>>should be evaluating functionality as opposed to performance
>>anyway. If the functions are there, the performance can probably be
>>made to be there.
I agree 100%. It is the setup that has me stumped. Docs do not give the
step by step for an uneducated user. ie: First Init server, Setup Storage
pools, setup tape pools, start server, setup clients, etc, etc, etc.
>>If you would like to discuss the ins and outs of learning ADSM, contact
>>me off-line.
Thanks. I am doing an AS/400 upgrade right now to my production
system to get it up to 3.7. I will reload my ADSM to that system for eval
and start over. When my upgrade here is settled and the fires go out, I
will email you directly.
Thanks again,
John
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