On 5 Aug 97 07:23am, Mike Bilow wrote to Scott Parks:
 MB> Scott Parks wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 MB> In order to back up a NetWare server through a client
 MB> workstation, you must run NetWare-aware software that makes
 MB> some special calls to close and back up the Bindery files.
 MB> In particular, Cheyenne Arcserve will require that your
 MB> client workstation be logged in as SUPERVISOR, not an
 MB> equivalent.
 SP> I've never done a complete restore ... but have downloaded
 SP> files off tape to a workstation drive just to confirm them.
 SP> I have also added backup scheduling ... both done under my
 SP> user name with  supervisor equivilent.  Are you saying the
 SP> restore bindery option  is only available to supervisor?
 MB> I don't actually know enough about the internals of NetWare to
 MB> be sure whether this is a restriction inherent in NetWare or
 MB> just an artifact of Arcserve, but it is true that you must be
 MB> the actual SUPERVISOR to restore the bindery.
 MB> -- Mike
It is a restriction indigenous to Arcserve.  Other backup solutions only
require the restorer be a Supervisor equivalent.
George
... Chicken Little was right.
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