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Re: question regarding Apple Macintosh client

2002-09-16 10:53:59
Subject: Re: question regarding Apple Macintosh client
From: Mark Stapleton <stapleto AT BERBEE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:24:35 -0500
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Bruno Dostie
> I would like to know if someone uses Macintosh clients and if
> those clients
> works well or,  if it's headache each time it's runned.
>
> We have 6 Macintosh machines in our pool and I look for the best way to
> make data backup and recovery.

Two gotchas with the Mac OS X client:
1. Filenames longer than 32 characters will not back up.
2. For the scheduler to work, a root-equivalent account must be logged into
the client.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
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Certified AIX system engineer
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