As someone who started using ADSM without any ADSM specific training, but a
great deal of technical knowledge, one of the first things I discovered is
that IBM/ADSM's technical writers are lousy and that is because ADSM is not
intuitive. 90% of the posts on this list are documented somewhere in the "
Technical manuals" but they are lacking in some details and I find that we
all do things just a bit different than IBM's Ideal world of ADSM. They are
trying to reach the largest common denominator like any company that writes
software.

I understand both points of view but there is no need to be insensitive. One
of the newbies may save your butt in the future. I like their questions.
It's kinda like a pop quiz and like the rest of my brothers and sisters in
the ADSM world a little review once in a while is a good thing.

Thats my opinion, we welcome yours!
CR
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Cris Robinson
Sr. Technical Analyst
Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.431.8400.54837

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Sanscartier [SMTP:msansc01 AT ENG.EDS DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 9:19 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: howto backup to tape
>
> I think you could still make your point with a little kindness.
> It wouldn't hurt.
>
> Mary Sanscartier
>
> Christo Heuer wrote:
> >
> > Go and look up on device class in your administrator manuals - there
> > is a difference between being a newbie to ADSM (something we were
> > all at sometime in the past - some longer than others!), and just being
> > to lazy to read and learn!!!
> >
> > Hope I'm not the only one feeling like this?
> >
> > Should this list be the ADSM classroom for all newbies?
> >
> > Cheers (And yes - this is supposed to be harsh...)
> >
> > Christo Heuer
> > Johannesburg
> > South Africa
> >
> > >Hi all:
> > >
> > >    I  am new to ADSM. I have installed ADSM server at one of the
> machine.
> > >      And is able to access it thru webpage.
> > >
> > >I wish to backup to tape. The default is to disk. How should I go
> about?
> > >
> > >I guess tape is sequential access storage pool. thus I add tape in it.
> But
> > >      it asked for device_class_name. I do not know what
> > >
> > >should I put in that field.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Please advise.