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ADSM USING DATABLASTER

2000-08-16 05:43:26
Subject: ADSM USING DATABLASTER
From: "Nanhoe, J. DTO/DO/SII/GSY" <J.Nanhoe AT MINDEF DOT NL>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:28:14 +0200
WE HAVE BOTH HARBOR AND ADSM FOR MAKING AND RESTORING BACKUPS.
HOWEVER, ADSM IS CURRENRTLY USED ONLY ON THE UNIX PLATFORM.
WE HAVE STARTED A RESEARCH THAT HAVE TO GIVE US THE ANSWER IF ADSM
CAN REPLACE ALL THE FUNCTIONALITIES THAT IS PROVIDED BY HARBOR.
SEEING THAT BOTH ARE ALMOST SIMILAR (ADSM WITH MORE FUNCTIONALITIES)
WE REMAIN WITH ONE OPEN DISCUSSION POINT.

WE HAVE A DIGITAL UNIX WITH A HARBOR CLIENT. ON THE OTHER SIDE WE HAVE
THE OS/390 WITH THE HARBOR SERVER. BETWEEN THEM IS A DATABLASTER THAT IS
A BLACKBOX TO IST'S ENVIRONMENT. ON THE DIGITAL UNIX THERE IS ALSO A
DATABLASTER DAEMON RUNNING.
THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DIGITAL UNIX AND THE DATABLASTER ISTHROUGH
SCSI. BETWEEN THE DATABLASTER THERE IS AN ESCON CHANNEL TO CHANNEL COM-
MUNICATION.
THIS WA THE SOLUTION WE HAD TO CHOSSE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED (AND
STILL ARE NOT ALLOWED) TO MAKE OR RESTORE BACKUPS THROUGH TCP\IP.


       Digital Unix                 Datablaster                  OS/390
      -------------------                -----------------
-----------------
      | datablaster |               |  blackbox |                |  Harbor
      | datablaster |               |  blackbox |                |  Harbor
|
      | daemon      |               |                |                |
Server     |
      |                  |               |                |                |
|
      | harbor        |               | Novell       |                |
|
      | client         |               | Netware    |                |
|
      -------------------                -----------------
-----------------
              ___                      ___       ___
              ___                      ___       ___
___
                |_______________|            |_______________|
                          SCSI                            ESCON / CTC


IS THERE A POSSIBILLITY IN/WITH ADSM TO ALSO USE THE DATABLASTER. IF NOT
IS INFOSPEED AN OPTION !?

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