Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!uwm.edu!linac!midway!chsun1!kusumoto From: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: DAT backup from Cheyenne Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 00:40:21 GMT References: <1991Feb27.180932.1405@urz.unibas.ch> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 28 infocenter@urz.unibas.ch writes: >be quite good (sorry, but I have only very little information about everything >connected with this company and the product). The name could be ARCServe (?). >It is possible to make automatic backups of workstation HDs. For this it takes >a so called FrontEnd manager (the name for this on the DOS is DOSAGENT.EXE). This looks ok, but when I demo-ed it, it didn't seem to like the new shells (IPX v3.01 or v3.02). I didn't test it with the older shells so I assume they work on them. They might already have an update out for the newer shells. >1. Does anyone have experience with this product? I only demoed the program (ARCserver+tape) and waiting for the real thing to get here. It's a pretty good program as far as I can tell. >2. Is there a FrontEnd manager for the Macintosh, so I can automatically backup > those machines? I don't think so. Although the backup can probably be done, but I didn't look into this question. >3. What's the FAX # of Cheyenne? FAX (516) 484-3446 Bob -- Bob Kusumoto | I just come from the land of Internet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu | the sun/ from a war that must Bitnet: kusumoto%chsun1@uchicago[.bitnet] | be won in the name of truth. UUCP: ...!{oddjob,gargoyle}!chsun1!kusumoto | - New Order, "Love Vigilantes"