ADSM-L

Re: ADSM Restore of NetWare data from end-user workstation

1998-10-03 19:40:58
Subject: Re: ADSM Restore of NetWare data from end-user workstation
From: Bruce Elrick <belrick AT HOME DOT COM>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 17:40:58 -0600
Paul Zarnowski wrote:
>
> We have a department here which is comparing/evaluating ADSM and Seagate's
> Backup Exec products.  One question that has come up is whether ADSM can be
> set up (reasonably) to allow Win95 systems connected to a NetWare file
> server to issue ADSM restore requests to restore data backed up from the
> NetWare server to their workstation.  Access rules defined in the NDS would
> I guess need to be used to define data access rules.  Apparently this is
> something that Backup Exec provides?  (I'm not familiar with the product).
>
> Any insights or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> IBM: I'm particularly wondering if the WebShell client for NetWare might
> allow this sort of thing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ..Paul

And will it allow the browsing of files for restore using the long file
name?
The webshell client is due out in Jan 1999, so the code freeze will be,
what,
late November or early December?  Please, please don't restrict us to
using
8.3 filenames for requesting restores!

Thanks...
Bruce