Set the virtualnodename in the dsm.opt of your test server to that of the actual server.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Melburn W IT743 Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:54 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: TSM Data Recovery Tests Our site has requested that I conduct random server recovery exercises involving restoring the data from tape onto a spare test server and comparing it to the data that is in my production environment. Where I am running into a problem is when it comes to the test server logging into TSM to restore data from a server that is in production and does nightly scheduled backups. Every time I login via the TSM client and begin the full restore (which can take overnight because of the amount of data) it stops the actual production server from logging in at it's scheduled time to do its backup. Is there a way for my test server to login and do restore of a production server without preventing the production server from doing it's scheduled backups? Mel Dennis
