I can't say that this is high on my list since Tivoli already has as
software distribution manager.
I would rather see efforts go into other enhancements of the current product
( mostly for the 32bit clients ).

Like an autoreminder utility which lets people know how long it's been since
a successful backup?
Get the acheduler out of the task bar and into the system tray on Win95
clients so they don't close the thing by accident.

Simple stuff but it make a world of difference for out 26,000 nodes on the
Win95 platform.

That's our opinion. We welcome yours ;-)

CR

__________________________________________________
Cris Robinson
Sr. Technical Analyst
Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.431.8400.54837
mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   ADSM LIST [SMTP:adsml AT MAILANDNEWS DOT COM]
        Sent:   Sunday, August 29, 1999 2:38 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: Remote Client updates....
        Importance:     High
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        Considering the number of platforms the Client/Server/ConnectAgents
run on,
        it is
        difficult to assume that something like an auto-updater will ever
happen.

        Things to think about...

        ..What happens if your server is up and active...
        ..do you auto-update in the middle of a DBBackup?
        ..do you auto-update in the middle of a DRM Prpare/Export?
        ..what if the DB structs change (dsmserv upgradedb)?
        ..what if Web UI's IDL scripts change? (dsmserv runfile dsmserv.idl)
        ..how does one recover if it fails? RESTORE DB to the last
BACKUPFULL that
        was done
           a month ago?

        Great Idea..but wishful thinking...
        ADSML