>>> Is there a better way to accomplish backup of these devices?  I'm just
the tsm admin, and no nothing of them.

Nope. We had the same problem with our Netapps. Although Netapp and TSM
"integrate" to allow the Netapp to use NDMP to back itself up, you lose all
funcionality of include/exclude lists.

We tackled this with mapped drives off the TSM server. And they break.
Often. Last night, for instance. Neither IBM nor Netapp could give us a
better solution.

Mike Bantz
Systems Administrator
Research Systems, Inc