Hi Joe, I would be skeptical of using any "open file" software to back up an application that implements a complex database technology. You are talking about backing up the files that a live application uses to store the data. It is true that "open file" support will allow you to get a snapshot of that file at some "point in time". But, backing up those files does not take into consideration things like in-memory cached pages and more importantly transaction based updates. You might argue that applications use transaction logging to help resolve those inconsistencies after a restore... and that is true. But, in my opinion, it is much better to use a database aware backup application that works in collaboration with the application itself to obtain a reliable and consistent backup. Of course, this is the reason we have "Data Protection" clients. And thus, your original request.... as of right now IBM does not have a Data Protection for Groupwise client. And so, until that happens, using a tool that helps provide that application aware solution is your best bet. Novell appears to have a free tool to help you do that for Groupwise... I would start there.
Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/02/2004 09:29:27 AM: > Hi Aaron, > > I didn't really expect so many replies, but unfortunately they are > all different, and I 'm still little bit confused what to do. I > didn't understand if you are using OFM from St. Bernard or something else. > As I said I would prefer Kevin's option "don't need anything", but > it looks little bit risky. > > If it's possible I would use GWBackup because it's free tool, and > it's designed by Novell and it's proprietary for GroupWise. Can you > point the differences between OFM and GWBackup.