Open Systems Migration Products

I have found it very difficult to find a product that works with Novell Netware, the two products I discuss below will support both Netware and Windows. Recently, MoonWalk from Australia has been added to the list, and Commvault have finally added Netware to their Quinetix product. Several other HSM products out there support only the various flavours of Windows. If you would like to see your favourite product in this list, write a short paragraph, and send it to me.

FDR/Upstream

FDR/Upstream from Innovation Data Processing is a Storage Management product that includes backup and disaster recovery for a wide range of open systems clients. Upstream can understand many open systems databases, including SQL, Oracle, Lotus Notes and GroupWise.
However, the important thing for this page is that Upstream also includes a Netware HSM facility with automatic recall from a stub file.
The Upstream Server runs on a z/OS mainframe. Innovation recently release the Upstream Reservoir Server, which supports Windows 2000/XP or Server 2003 as a server too. Upstream provides the ability to backup to disk or tape. Backups can be initiated from the mainframe server by running mainframe batch jobs, or from the PC or director interfaces. Restores can also be initiated from the mainframe, or from the PC interfaces.

The advantage of using a mainframe for second level HSM storage is that the HSM system can share tape drives with other applications, it does not need a new infrastructure.
Upstream also has a PC component to simplify administration. The Upstream Director is a PC application that can be used to centrally control, and monitor all the upstream functions between servers and clients from a single interface.
Upstream was recently upgraded to support Netware clustering for Netware 6.0 and above

The following pages provide a bit more detail on how to install Upstream and make it work.

Installing FDR/Upstream

Configuring FDR/Upstream for Netware migration

Managed Server HSM

Managed Server HSM from Camino Software is a pure HSM product. It can manage Windows 2000 / 2003 or Netware 4/5/6 servers as clients, and either needs cheap disk installed on the network, or it can write to a TSM interface or an EMC Centerra.

The Key to MSHSM is the 'Policy Engine'. This contains sets of Migration Profiles and Volume Rules.

The following page shows examples of defining a Migration Policy, including Migration rules, Deletion policies, and Volumes Rules.

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