IMO, it's not the "simplicity" of the question that was the
problem, it's the fact that the question is about something so
fundamental that it would seem obvious that the person who asked
it probably hadn't spent _any_ time reading the Fine manuals
(which, for all their flaws, do go into reasonable detail about
setting up such things).  The manuals are orderable, or are on
the web at either
        http://www.storage.ibm.com/software/adsm/pubs/admanual.htm
or
        http://books.adsm.org

I find this is always a problem when putting GUI interfaces on
complex systems - at least some folks will assume that since it's
readily accessible, it's straightforward, which is certainly
*not* the case with ADSM.

So, in general, if you RTFM'd and are either confused or still
without an answer (and have checked the list archives at
        http://vizlab.beckman.uiuc.edu/adsm/mail-archive/
and/or
        http://adsm.org
for anything that might be germane), ask away.

Only halfway up the learning curve,

Pat Wilson
paw AT dartmouth DOT edu

>  Question to those who felt this request was too simple:  I am new to this
>  forum, and have only been using ADSM for a few months.  What criteria should
>  I apply when deciding whether to submit a question?
>
>  Dan Ticknor
>  Schnitzer Steel
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Hon Wai Wong [SMTP:hwwong AT HHITS DOT COM]
>  > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 1:19 AM
>  > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>  > Subject:      howto backup to tape
>  >
>  > Hi all:
>  >
>  >     I  am new to ADSM. I have installed ADSM server at one of the machine.
>  >       And is able to access it thru webpage.
>  >
>  > I wish to backup to tape. The default is to disk. How should I go about?
>  >
>  > I guess tape is sequential access storage pool. thus I add tape in it. But
>  >       it asked for device_class_name. I do not know what
>  >
>  > should I put in that field.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Please advise.