Can the SOS client be used as a VSS client replacement?

[robdogg]

I'd like to know whether the SOS client can somehow be coerced into being a replacement for the VSS client without having the SOS server piece installed.

The problem for me is that VSS client sucks donkey nuts and the company won't install/buy SOS package. So my hope is that I can just replace the VSS client with the Sos client. Is this possible?

[lbauer]

No, SOS Clients can only connect to SOS Servers. It's really the SOS Server that does all the work. The SOS Server behaves like a VSS client on the LAN, and communicates with the database through the VSS Automation Component.