Julie,

        Yes & No...   We have ADSM & EMC (Symms & Connectrix) with lots of
Open Systems and others, but we need the LAN.  I've been asking EMC for many
months (years actually) to provide a pseudo-TCP driver/interface to allow
ADSM to LAN-through-the-back channel.  The answer is no on the LAN-free (not
that we expected anything different, but we had to ask :-).  For LAN
traffic, we solved the problem by installing a dedicated, physically
separated switch with all ADSM clients running 100Mbt.  The ADSM server is a
HP-UX box with Gigabit Ethernet.  Our backup window for all servers is 4
hours (most are done in a much shorter timeframe).

        ADSM via a back channel on EMC, or Connectrix, is not going to be a
reality for some time.  If you need incredibly short backup times for
systems on EMC, I would recommend EMC's TimeFinder.

thanks,
mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie Phinney [SMTP:jphinney AT HUMANA DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:38 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      EMC DASD
>
> Is anyone using ADSM or TSM to backup EMC DASD open system volumes, either
> volume level or file level, LAN free?
> Thanks,
> Julie