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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

3477.0. "Help with a customer please!" by ROMEOS::TREBILCOT_EL () Mon Oct 31 1994 20:17

    I'm putting this in here because I've been unable to resolve this
    through other channels.  Can someone offer their two cents worth
    please?  
    
    I have a customer who has NetWare and VAX workstations on the network. 
    They have TGV's IP stack on the VAX.  They have 8mm drives hanging off
    the VAXstations and they want to backup from the NetWare servers to the
    tape drives on the VAXes.
    
    I am proposing PATHworks 5.0 and then there are two possibilities for
    backup products ...
    
    Either our Storageworks Desktop Archiver Backup 
    OR
    Networker Save and Restore
    
    Any suggestions?
    
    Also, HOW should I quote the PATHworks?  5.0?  The coexistence piece?
    
    Thanks for any help!
    
    Eliz

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3477.1	no on vms?	ROMEOS::TREBILCOT_EL		`Mon Oct 31 1994 21:13`	5
	I just read that DECnsr does not work with VMS. Is this true? Maybe I have an outdated source of information? Eliz
3477.2		ODIXIE::MOREAU	Ken Moreau;Sales Support;South FL	`Mon Oct 31 1994 22:36`	8
	DECnsr (Network Save & Restore) has been officially de-committed for OpenVMS. It started on DEC OSF/1, and is apparently doing very well there (good performance, happy customers, etc), and was being field tested on OpenVMS VAX. The performance was never there, and there were very few customers, so it was cancelled and never became a product. -- Ken Moreau who had one of the few customers interested in this solution
3477.3	DECnsr <> VMS	DECWET::FARLEE	Insufficient Virtual um...er....	`Tue Nov 01 1994 14:44`	12
	You are right. There were several problems with the VMS port of Networker Save and Restore. Not the least of which were budgetary. (It would have cost a lot to support as compared to the incremental income produced). NSR is supported on Ultrix as well as OSF/1, where it is doing very well. So, for the base noter's problem, they should talk to the POLYCENTER archive/Backup folks unless a move to OSF/1 is in the wind. Kevin Farlee DECnsr Engineering
3477.4		TAPE::NOBREGA		`Tue Nov 01 1994 16:27`	6
	The StorageWorks Desktop Backup/Archiver is implementing TCP support. The server will support TCP via UCX. The Windows client will support the Microsoft WinSock API for TCP. There are no current plans to test or qualify with TGV's IP stack. Bob...
3477.5	TGV Multinet and UCX provide similar functionality ?	TPSYS::BHAT		`Thu Nov 03 1994 21:43`	4
	The new name for UCX is DEC TCP/IP Services. If they have TGV Multinet on the VAX, that should provide the same functionality from the VMS side.