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jhope-bailie
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February 15th, 2011 14:00
Networker support for Novell SMS under Linux/OES
NetWorkers previous NetWare client made use of Novell's SMS components to back up NetWare volumes including files, trustees NDS etc. The SMS components provided a layer of abstraction which eliminated the need for the backup software vendor to have to grapple with the details of the individual objects to be backed up. The SMS components have been ported to the OES/Linux platform. NetWorker also supports the OES/Linux platform, but seemingly in a native Linux way, in which it does not make use of the SMS components.
Are there any plans to enhance the NetWorker Client for Linux/OES so that it supports SMS in this environment ?
This would be a great improvement. This approach is offered by competitive products such as Backup Exec, ARCserver and Arkeia.
jhope-bailie
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Posted March 4th, 2011 14:00
Thanks for the response. I have queried our local EMC office, who have replied that there is practically zero demand for this feature and as such it not scheduled for implementation. My follow up to this is that NetWorker does have a "relationship" of sorts with the Novell community, in that the current Novell platform OES & OES2 is one of the platforms tested for compatibility and listed in the SCG. I have a customer who has plenty invested in Novell. He is a long-time NetWorker user and I would lke to keep it that way. I need to provide some positive spin on the NetWorker & Novell story, even if it is simply to state that there are no plans to remove Novell OES from the SCG in the forseeable future. Any positive comments form anyone would be welcome.
coganb
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Posted March 4th, 2011 04:00
Sorry John - looks like nobody here knows the answer to this one. Did you find the answer by another channel or are you still looking for this info? If you are, I'll ask around here and see if I can find someone that can help.
-Bobby