This redbook is intended to provide practical technical information for customers and IBM systems engineers. It was written for systems administrators responsible for implementation of and/or migration to Lotus Notes, where there is a need for calendars to reside on multiple host and LAN platforms.

The emphasis of the study to produce this book is on the new aspects o f LCCOV as compared to its predecessor, Time and Place Connectivity for OS/2 (TaPC/2). In particular, the use of Windows NT and the SNA BackOffice Server, the new end-user interface on that platform, the connection to Lotus Notes and the differences between LCCOV and TaPC/2 are discussed.

There is no significant change in the way the connections to the various calendar systems are configured. Therefore, we use only a connection to a VM calendar system to describe calendar connectivity in the enterprise, enabling us to focus on the new functions and to provide the reader with as much new and useful information as possible.