Hi Luc, Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere else, but which TSM client and server versions are you using? (Be sure to give complete version info, i.e. 5.2.3.11, not just 5.2 or 5.2.3).
Your procedure looks sound to me. Thanks, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2005-01-27 07:33:42: > Hi Andrew > > It still doesn't work ... > Here is the test that I did > > - Incremental backup of C: and D: drive > - Backup of SYSTEM OBJECT > - ONLINE IMAGE of C: drive > - modify and delete files, > - Incremental backup of C: and D: drive > - Backup of SYSTEM OBJECT > - Crash my server > - Boot with WIN PE, create partitions, DSMC QUERY IMAGE ... > - RESTORE IMAGE \\backupser\c$ C: -arsmode=yes -noprompt -incremental > -deletefiles -virtualnode=servername > - Reboot > - Format D: drive > - Restore D: drive with GUI > - Restore SYSTEM OBJECT with GUI > - Reboot > - check the modification I did ... modified files are ok ... but the > folder and files that I deleted after the IMAGE BACKUP .. are still > there... > > Is there a bug .. of It's me that doing something wrong > > Thanks > > Luc Beaudoin > Administrateur Réseau / Network Administrator > Hopital General Juif S.M.B.D. > Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext:8254 > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > 2005-01-25 01:23 PM > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > cc: > Subject: Re: restore image on windows 2000 > > > Luc, one of the authors of the white paper happened to be monitoring this > thread, and had a question regarding your image bacup step: > > > - IMAGE backup using Windows PE procedure > > The white paper mentions two methods: an offline method that boots into > WinPE, and an online method that uses the LVSA and does not require a > reboot. > > If you used the offline method, then it is possible that a different node > or machine name was used, which have prevented the desired results during > the restore. > > Make sure you are using the online method (which isn't really specific to > WinPE). > > Regards, > > Andy > > Andy Raibeck > IBM Software Group > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > The command line is your friend. > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 01/24/2005 > 13:41:59: > > > Thanks Andrew > > > > I did exactly that procedure ... but it didn't work ... I will try it > > again just to make sure I didn't forget a step ... but this is what I > did > > > > - Full incremental of my C: and D: drive , and system object > > - IMAGE backup using Windows PE procedure > > - ADD and DELETE files and folders my C: and D; drive > > - Full incremental of my C: and D: drive , and system object > > - Crash my server > > - Use Windows PE and DISKPART.EXE to rebuil my partitions > > - Restore image of my C: drive with the -deletefiles option > > - Reboot > > - Restore incremental backup of my C: and D: drive > > - Restore System object > > - Reboot > > - On C: drive : all new files are there .. even the one that was > deleted > > - On D: drive : everything is perfect (because it was not an image > > restore of D:) > > > > I will try again > > > > Thanks again > > > > Luc > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Raibeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > 2005-01-24 03:32 PM > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > cc: > > Subject: Re: restore image on windows 2000 > > > > > > > Did you run an incremental backup after the image backup? > > > > I sent this too soon: did you run a full incremental backup *before* the > > image, then run incremental after the image? > > > > You need to start from a full incremental backup, then run image, then > > subsequent incrementals, in order for the TSM server to keep track of > > additions to and deletions from the file system. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > Andy Raibeck > > IBM Software Group > > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development > > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > > The command line is your friend. > > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2005-01-24 > > 13:28:12: > > > > > Did you run an incremental backup after the image backup? > > > > > > If you look up the BACKUP IMAGE command in the client manual, you will > > see > > > a discussion about using image backup along with incremental backups > to > > do > > > what you want. Check out method 1. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > Andy Raibeck > > > IBM Software Group > > > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development > > > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > > > The command line is your friend. > > > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2005-01-24 > > > 13:17:28: > > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > I'm trying to restore an image of one of my Windows 2000 server > > > > > > > > Everything goes well except that the files or folders that have been > > > > deleted after the image are there ... and I dont want them. .. > > > > > > > > I did the command : > > > > > > > > dsmc retore image \\server\c$ c: -asrmode=yes -noprompt -incremental > > > > -deletefiles -virtualnode=server > > > > > > > > I'm using the procedure "TSM recovery technique using Windows > > > > pre-installation environment > > > > > > > > I looked into the documentation ... they are talking about "this > > > procedure > > > > assumes that your backup followed the correct procedure to allow for > > > > incremental image restore using the -DELETEFILES option .... > > > > What correct procedure ??????? > > > > > > > > any ideas ????? > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > Luc Beaudoin > > > > Network Administrator / TSM / SAN > > > > Hopital General Juif S.M.B.D. > > > > Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext:8254
