Yea, that's why I inserted the " (if you can) " part. See Ya' Howard
> -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Loon, EJ van - SPLXM > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:20 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Restoring data from another node > > Hi Howard! > This is not an option, because then you would end-up with two Windows > boxes with the same machine name on the network and, as far as I know, > that's not allowed within a domain. > And shutting down or renaming the original server is not an option too > since it's running a production application. > Kindest regards, > Eric van Loon > KLM Royal Dutch Airlines > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > Howard Coles > Sent: donderdag 25 september 2008 16:57 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Restoring data from another node > > You can't restore systemstate to another node, from my understanding. > > The best way to do this (if you can) is to rename the node you want to > do the restore on to match that of the original box. Then you can > restore everything, and when you're done you can rename it back. Just > make sure not to do any backups while using the original node name or > everything gets fouled up. > > See Ya' > Howard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Loon, EJ van - SPLXM > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:46 AM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Restoring data from another node > > > > Hi *SM-ers! > > One of my customers is trying to restore a complete node (lets say > > NODE-A) to a new node (lets say NODE-B) . > > We tried both the VIRTUALNODENAME parameter and the "access another > > nodes data" method, but we are running into the same problem. > > When we start the BAclient on SERVER-B and select \\SERVER-A\c$ for a > > restore to the original location, TSM tries to restore the data to > > SERVER-A and thus the replace files pop-up appears. Of course we can > > specify another location for the file level restore (to the c: drive > of > > the SERVER-B machine itself), but how about the system state? > > Could somebody please help us out here? > > Thank you very much for your reply in advance! > > Kindest regards, > > Eric van Loon > > > ********************************************************************** > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. > > If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the > > e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and > > that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is > strictly > > > prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by > > error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and > > delete this message. > > > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or > > its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete > > transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for > > any delay in receipt. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > > registered number 33014286 > > > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee > only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part > of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or > distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or > attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have > received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately > by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries > and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or > incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor > responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > **********************************************************************