Sorry John - looks like nobody here knows the answer to this one.  Did you find the answer by another channel or are you still looking for this info?  If you are, I'll ask around here and see if I can find someone that can help.

-Bobby

Thanks for the response.  I have queried our local EMC office, who have replied that there is practically zero demand for this feature and as such it not scheduled for implementation.  My follow up to this is that NetWorker does have a "relationship" of sorts with the Novell community, in that the current Novell platform OES & OES2 is one of the platforms tested for compatibility and listed in the SCG.  I have a customer who has plenty invested in Novell.  He is a long-time NetWorker user and I would lke to keep it that way.  I need to provide some positive spin on the NetWorker & Novell story, even if it is simply to state that there are no plans to remove Novell OES from the SCG in the forseeable future.  Any positive comments form anyone would be welcome.