Hi ADSM'ers

     Following the discussions about availability of the different modules
     of ADSM (Backup client, administrative client, Server) on different
     platforms, it seems as if the ADSM development team is trying to save
     effort in their development of the adminstrative client.

     What makes me wonder is why they are focusing on an Windows only
     administrative client, when JAVA is available (becoming more and more
     mature) with a very viable GUI component library in SWING.

     It makes a lot of sense to me to develop a administrative client with
     JAVA for all of us that are not using Windows. It might be possible to
     dump the windows only version of the administrative client all
     together (using TCP/IP as the protocol for the administration
     interface). Possible the web-client interface would be much simpler to
     maintain also.

     One benefit for the enduser will be to avoid having to have an
     administration workstation next to the server because the server
     operating system is not able to run the administrative client.

     It is possible to do this, on example is the new TCP/IP stack for
     OS/2. All cofiguration of the TCP/IP stack, DNS, DHCP server is done
     using JAVA GUIs. Very nicely done and very efficient, it allows
     administration of these things to be carried out using Windows clients
     as well as OS/2 clients. The web interface is built on the same
     classes, only thing to do is to install a Web-server (SUN have a JAVA
     version) and and wupti on the same classes you have a wbe-interface to
     the administration of DNS and DHCP. Very cool and - I guess - very
     efficient from a developers point of view.


     I think it would be nice if the same thing was possible with the
     administrative client to ADSM. I hope that if others feel the same way
     I do, that they will come forward with supportf ro this idea, to
     convince ADSM development that enough would like this thing to start
     development. After all it can't be that remote to them looking at
     IBM's support for JAVA in general.

     Kind regards

     Claus Schroeder
     Hempels Marine Paints A/S
     Denmark