Hi there !

Yes there are problems. According to IBM labs, you must :

stop DHCP and WINS services before saving them with ADSM or
  use automatic NT backups (twice a day if I rememer). The files involved
  are LOCKED event for reading. IBM knows that ADSM is the only backup
  solution that DOES NOT provide this functionality, but ...

From my experience :

for the registry part, use the regback and regrest command or try the
  BACKUPREGISTRY=YES in your DSM.OPT file.

  => All the profiles corresponding to logged users will be locked by NT.
       You must use one of these 2 kludges.

Hope this helps.
Rv





ghamdigs AT ARAMCO.COM DOT SA on 29/09/99 06:40:00
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:      (bcc: Herve Chibois/FR/ABNAMRO/NL)
Subject:        NT BACKUP FAILURE

Hi ADSMers,

Does anyone know of any problems experienced when you use ADSM Client to
back up
 an NT Server? My problem arises where a user workstation has exclusive
locks on
 files stored on the server. This user has copied all of their current NT
User
 Profile directory up to their home directory and have left their
workstation
 logged in. When ADSM hits one of the open files, it reports an "Assertion
 Error" and DSM.EXE crashes.  The ADSM client is 3.1.0.7

Best Regards
Omar AlGhamdi
ghamdigs AT aramco.com DOT sa
966-38737938
Saudi Aramco Oil Company