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From: Owner-OS2News@teamos2.org

Subject: OS2News: IBM ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager

IBM's ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager Software to Provide                  
 
 Online Incremental Data Backup for Lotus Notes Release 4                     
 
January 18, 1996                                                              
 
                                                                              
 
SAN JOSE, Calif.  Jan. 17, 1996 . . .  Users of Lotus Notes,                  
 
the world's leading messaging and groupware product, now get                  
 
automatic, transparent protection of their most important                     
 
business asset -- information.  IBM today announced that ADSTAR               
 
(tm) Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM) will support online,                  
 
incremental backup of Lotus Notes Release 4 database documents.               
 
                                                                              
 
"ADSM allows information systems managers to backup, archive                  
 
and restore their Lotus Notes documents without disrupting user               
 
access," said Nora Denzel, software business line manager, IBM                
 
Storage Systems Division.  "ADSM allows organizations to manage               
 
Notes backups more easily, speed data transfer time and save disk             
 
storage space, all of which result in considerable cost savings."             
 
                                                                              
 
IBM will demonstrate its ADSM Lotus Notes Backup Agent                        
 
capabilities at Lotusphere next week in Orlando, Fla.  (Booth                 
 
#S70).                                                                        
 
                                                                              
 
ADSM allows administrators to backup and archive either an                    
 
entire Notes database or just the portions which have changed                 
 
since the previous backup process (incremental backup).  ADSM has             
 
additional Notes-specific features at the client end, providing               
 
user access to retrieval commands directly from the Notes user                
 
interface.  As a result, users will be able to instantly retrieve             
 
their Notes documents with a simple desktop command, without                  
 
requiring administrator intervention.                                         
 
                                                                              
 
"Organizations that use Notes as a communications and                         
 
organizational tool for mission-critical data cannot afford to                
 
take data off-line to back it up," said Steve Sayle, vice                     
 
president, Communications Products Division, Lotus Development                
 
Corporation.  "Companies are now betting their businesses on                  
 
Lotus Notes, and ADSM will provide the means to effectively                   
 
backup and retrieve their company data."                                      
 
                                                                              
 
As the industry's leading, open client/server storage                         
 
management solution for the enterprise, ADSM is another example               
 
of IBM's commitment to network-centric computing.  ADSM provides              
 
administrator-controlled, highly automated, centrally scheduled               
 
backup, archiving and hierarchical storage management                         
 
capabilities for the heterogeneous enterprise.                                
 
                                                                              
 
ADSM has the broadest range of client/server platforms in                     
 
the industry.  Members of the ADSM family are currently available             
 
for use as servers on eight different IBM and non-IBM operating               
 
systems:  OS/2, OS/400, AIX, MVS, VM, VSE/ESA, HP-UX* and                     
 
Solaris*.  Backup and archiving capabilities are available for                
 
virtually every popular client platform, including DOS, OS/2,                 
 
AIX, DEC ULTRIX*, HP-UX, Macintosh*, Microsoft Windows*, Novell               
 
Netware*, SCO Open Desktop*, SCO UNIX 386*, SunOS*, Solaris and               
 
SINIX*.  Data may be stored on a variety of IBM and non-IBM                   
 
devices including disk drives, stand-alone tape subsystems and                
 
tape library systems.                                                         
 
                                                                              
 
In order to achieve high data availability and protect                        
 
corporate data, ADSM maintains a comprehensive record of data                 
 
storage.  It stores information about registered clients,                     
 
policies assigned to those clients and client access                          
 
authorization.  A recovery log records all database changes,                  
 
making reconstruction possible in the event of a system failure.              
 
Should a database or recovery log failure occur, ADSM provides                
 
multiple backups, helping customers to recover their data and to              
 
safeguard business productivity during downtime.                              
 
                                                                              
 
The ADSM Lotus Notes Release 4 Backup Agent is scheduled for                  
 
availability the first half of 1996 for OS/2 Notes servers;                   
 
support for other Notes server platforms is planned for later                 
 
this year.  Support for Lotus Notes Release 3.X has been                      
 
available since Oct.  1995.  IBM's ADSM Lotus Notes Backup Agent              
 
is available at no extra cost as part of the ADSM licensed                    
 
product.                                                                      
 
                                                                              
 
These products may be purchased through IBM marketing                         
 
representatives, from IBM Direct (1-800-IBM-CALL) and through                 
 
leading software distributors.  The software is also marketed as              
 
a member of IBM's SystemView family of products, the company's                
 
initiative for system management product functions.                           
 
                                                                              
 
IBM is a leading supplier of computer storage products.  Through its          
 
Storage Systems Division, the company provides a full line of storage         
 
solutions for use with IBM systems and offers selected products for           
 
attachment to non-IBM processors.  These products are offered directly        
 
from IBM and through a large network of IBM Business Partners.                
 
Certain products, primarily hard disk drives, are offered for use by          
 
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs); they are marketed through a          
 
direct sales force and via commercial distributors.  Besides disk             
 
drives, IBM's portfolio of storage products includes disk-based arrays        
 
and subsystems; magnetic tape drives, subsystems and automated                
 
libraries; optical libraries; storage controllers; and related storage        
 
management software.                                                          
 
                                                                              
 
IBM news releases are available on the Internet via the IBM Home Page         
 
at http://www.ibm.com.  The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to         
 
receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases.  Dial                 
 
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter "99" at the voice menu.                              
 
                                                                              
 
ADSM, OS/2, AIX, OS/400 and Lotus Notes are trademarks of                     
 
International Business Machines Corporation.                                  
 
                                                                              
 
Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks and Notes is a                
 
trademark of Lotus Development Corporation, an IBM subsidiary.                
 
                                                                              
 
*Company, product or service name may be a trademark or service mark          
 
of others.                                                                    
 
                                                                              
 
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