Just make sure when you use the VIRTUALNODENAME parameter that you always select an alternate location for the restored files. NEVER..EVER..select original locations. Especially on a Windows box. The original location is a UNC name of the <drive>$ share of the original server and if you are currently logged in as a domain admin, or admin of the original server...guess what? You just overwrote the good files. Same thing on Netware, too I believe.
Been there..done that..burned the t-shirt! Bill Boyer "Experience is a comb that nature gives us after we go bald." - ?? -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Restore If you want to restore the files to your location, start the TSM client this way: dsm -virtualnodename=nameofremoteclient when the box pops up asking for the client password, OVERWRITE the node name with your TSM admin id and your TSM admin password. The file tree will open showing you the inventory for the remote client. You can select the files to restore and restore to OTHER LOCATION and point the to some place on your machine. HOWEVER, you may not necessarily be able to restore a Solaris file to your AIX machine. Depends on the file systems. Better to try it on a local Solaris machine, If you have one. Wanda Prather "I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O" -(me) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Restore Mark, I believe the client wants me to try to exmaine files and see if it the file is corrupt. I did not know for sure if there was a way for me do do this. The client is located elsewhere. The files are from july 04 -oct 04 and they would have been backup up on are midnight backup schedule. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stapleton, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:15 am Subject: Re: Restore > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Timothy Hughes > >I am restoring files for a client and two of the files that he > >tried to access after I restored them gave him a error file corrupt? > > > >He would like for me to try and open up this file and see if > >it is corrupt. > > > >How would I do this? If possible? I never had to do this before. > > > >Client sun solaris 5.1.5 > > > >TSM server 5.2.3.1 > >AIX 5.2 > > What do you mean by "open up"? There is not a way to examine the > contents of a file from within either the TSM server or client. > You can > restore the file to an alternate location and examine it. > > I suspect that the backups may have been corrupted because the files > were open when the backup was taken. Does your dsmsched.log file show > anything unusual about those files? > > -- > Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Berbee Information Networks > Office 262.521.5627 >
