I found that tsm 4.1.2 behaves different on Solaris 8 than it does on Tru64 4.0 and RedHat 7.1 (2.4.5) (1) dsmc inc /etc - Tru64/Linux: only the directory itself is specified - Solaris 8: synonym to dsmc inc /etc/ : directory and content is specified (consequence: "/NET/remote_01" can not be specified in an implicite manner as filespace for a subsequent backup of just a handful of files there) (2) "followsymbolic yes" in dsm.opt, "virtualmountpoint /NET/local/etc" in dsm.sys - Tru64/Linux "/NET/local/etc" is set as filespace - Solaris 8 "/" is set as filespace Can someone confirm this ? ########################################################## Do I really have to use "HSM" on this particular platform ? ########################################################## Is there an easy way ? best regards Reinald Gfuellner -- -.----------------------------------------------------------------- 3~ Reinald Gfuellner Lehrstuhl f. Realzeit-Computersysteme, TU Muenchen +49-89-289-23564 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: +49-89-289-23555