Jeff, 

1) dunno, not a novell shop

2) alter the "jobs per class" setting for the class to 1. Only one job
should run at a time.

HTH,

Brian Briscoe
European OA Support
Visteon Technical Centre, 28/803,
Dunton, England,
Tel  (8738)6214 Ext 01268 406214
Fax (8738)4367 Ext 01268 404367
Email: bbriscoe AT visteon DOT com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [mailto:jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com]
> Sent: 27 June 2002 14:27
> To: NBU List
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Novell issue
> 
> 
> I have had to create a seperate class for each and every Novell server
> in my datacenter.  The reason is that if all of them are in the same
> class, when it fires up several of them abend.  If they are in a
> seperate class they do not.  My Novell admins are saying it's because
> the backups start at the same time, causing NDS issues because the
> backup user logs into all the machines at the same time.
> 
> 2 things then:
> 
> 1) Can anyone out there with Novell and NBU experience confirm this is
> the case?  I want to make sure it's not just because I'm on an ancient
> burial ground.
> 
> 2) Is there a way to have clients in the same class start at different
> times?  (I don't think so but I have to ask)
> 
> These guys said they had the same problem with Backup Exec so 
> it seems a
> 99% probability it's a Novell problem and not an NBU one.
> 
> Thanks.
> -- 
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> Unix Administrator
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> jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
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