In article <[log in to unmask]>, Al Ankers
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>A long time ago, when we install Novell on the HP3000/947 as our server, we
>learned the hard way that unless we "downed" the network before the nightly
>Turbostore backup, we were not storing the netware file directory so that
files
>could be restored when needed from the backup tape.

>It is my understanding from HP Response Center that even with 5.5,  I still
have
>to shutdown the network in order to backup the file server files.
>
>Now I do care! Any PC logged on to the network, FAX server, File Server,
Client
>PC, Modem Server all get aborted by the network shutdown at midnight! Every
>server must be rebooted each morning. What a pain!
>
>Does anyone know if HP is going fix this! Do they even consider it to be a
>problem? Is this HP's way to force me to an NT Server? Am I the only one
having
>this problem?
>
>Al Ankers

Busy man, Al!

Presumably you also learned the hard way that you need a special program
(albeit supplied by HP) to restore Netware files (RESTORE won't do it),
and that if you don't get it just right, all your timestamps go
wrong.....

We are like you were - an overnight shutdown is only a minor pain. But
are you saying that you can backup a 'real' Novell Netware on the fly,
even with processing going on?

Or is it really like the HP RESTORE for MPE files, where it looks as if
you can do that, but open files are missed and running processes can be
inhibited if you try? This can be even more insidious than the Netware
situation!
--
Roy Brown                    Phone : (01684) 291710     Fax : (01684) 291712
Affirm Ltd                   Email : [log in to unmask]
The Great Barn, Mill Street  'Have nothing on your systems that you do not
TEWKESBURY GL20 5SB (UK)      know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.'