>What can I look at to do anything I can to speed things up ? Zoltan - Your posting mentions checking some sources regarding the issue; if you haven't already, see if factors listed under Restoral Performance in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts
I'd recommend doing a bunch more OS level analysis of the server and client during the restore, and watching via Query SESSions in the TSM server. Richard Sims, BU