The Client Agent for Macintosh is supported
for use with SCO ARCserve/Open Release 2.2.0 and above.
How does the Client Agent work?
The Client Agent for Macintosh utilizes Client technology to help perform
backup, restore, and compare jobs. All the filtering of files and
directories is done on the Macintosh workstation prior to ``pushing'' the data
to the host server (the SCO system running
SCO ARCserve/Open) for processing.
Push technology minimizes the transfer of data to the SCO ARCserve/Open host,
thereby reducing the load on your communications network. The host server
can operate more efficiently because it does not have to filter the data
for the backup job.
For example, say you want to back up several report directories from a
Macintosh workstation used by your Sales Department. If you back up
the workstation without the Client Agent, then all of the data on the client
is sent to the SCO ARCserve/Open host. SCO ARCserve/Open then filters
out the specific directories flagged for backup. Using the Client Agent,
the filtering is done directly on the client machine. Only the
specified directories or files are sent to the SCO ARCserve/Open host.