!!! NEW ADSM REDPIECE AVAILABLE !!!



     Just go to the IBM redbooks homepage at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
     and search for ADSM. On top of the list, you'll find the latest ADSM
     redpiece for SG245416 - Getting Started with ADSM: A Practical
     Implementation Guide. (Redpieces are redbooks under construction.)



     This redbook provides material describing how to implement and operate
     ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM) Version 3 for people who
     have a general understanding of ADSM but have no practical experience
     of ADSM implementations.



     Support material in form of example option files and macros are
     included where appropriate and checklists lead you step-by-step
     through an implementation of the basic functions of ADSM: Planning and
     sizing; product implementation; customization; operation; and
     performance and tuning


     This practical guide is intended for the following audience: New
     Business Partners and other implementers aiming for ADSM
     Certification; system administrators, new to ADSM, who are asked to
     commence a basic ADSM implementation for the very first time; ADSM
     administrators who want to learn more about the basic ADSM components
     and their implementation.


     Mathis Landzettel
     IBM ITSO Center San Jose
     landzett AT us.ibm DOT com