From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. > I'm just wondering how serious IBM is about getting TSM to "WORK" with the > various OS software vendors, i.e. Microsoft, HP, Compaq, Sun and the like, > to find out what it takes to get it's product to do bare metal > restores. If TKG could make it work why can't IBM? Or don't these guys talk > to each other?
Geoffrey, have you ever done development where you're trying to support multiple OS and hardware environments from other vendors? It's damn near impossible, particularly given the poor quality of much of Microsoft's API documentation. The nightmare grows exponentially when you consider how many hundreds and hundreds of NICs and hard disk controllers a BMR product must support when it comes to Windows boxes. *And*, given all this, imagine what an adequate test lab Tivoli would have to set up to test all these combinations. Besides, any good admin could build customized procedures that mimic what the Kernel Group's BMR product uses. There are perfectly sound procedures for BMRing (is that a verb?) a Windows box. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certified TSM consultant Certified AIX system engineer MCSE
