Cindy,

We had Sterling Software come to our site and give us a dog and pony
show demo,  from what I saw I liked how it handled the reporting issue
for ADSM, currently I am collecting data from ADSM and putting it in
Access/Excel   Our NT Admin also liked the NT portion of their
product....We just haven't been able to convence management to spend the
money for the product; you see we are a Public Orginization, so we have
to bid everything...But yes I agree with you it looks on the surface
like an outstanding product.

They have a URL at   www.storage.sterling.com, so you can request a demo
of the product.


Tony Sinclair
ADSM Admin/Storage Manager
Snohomish County Public Utlity District
tjsinclair AT snopud DOT com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cindy Cannam [SMTP:CCannam AT GENAM DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 1:37 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      adsm and sams:vantage
>
> Is anyone out there using ADSM in conjunction with Sams:Vantage for
> Distributed Systems for reporting/alert notification/etc.? It appears
> to be
> an interesting product, but before I go through the time and headache
> of
> research and destroy for info for budget justification/management, I
> need
> to know that it really WILL WORK with ADSM, and just how well if it
> does.
>
> Any info or installation nightmares/sweet dreams you have, good or
> bad, are
> welcome.
>
> C.L.Cannam
> Storage Management
> GENAM/St. Louis, MO/USA
> ccannam AT genem DOT com