The reality is this.  File system backups of small files are not a good
candidate for SAN Tape backups.  Netware does not run any large file
databases, so there is no SAN Storage Agent requirement.  The answer is
Gigabit between your TSM server and the client and let the TSM server stream
the data to the tape drives.  You will get as go performance, if not better
than a SAN backup would ever provide.

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: Jin Bae Chi [mailto:Jbaechi AT CSCC DOT EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:34 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: LAN free backup for Novell


Hi, expets,

I'm trying to implement LAN free backup feature with TSM 4.2 on AIX 4.3.3
for client nodes with Novell servers. These NetWare servers are fibre
connected to EMC box through SAN switches. TSM support told me there is no
Storage Agent support for Netware platforms. Does anyone backup Novell
servers through Fibre Channel? What would be your suggestion to backup to
tape library that resides on SAN? Thanks again for your help!!





Jin Bae Chi (Gus)
System Admin/Tivoli
Data Center
614-287-5270
614-287-5488 Fax
jbaechi AT cscc DOT edu