I have found it easier to start a command line or gui session using the 'virtualnodename' parameter.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Skylar Thompson Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:06 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Restore question I think you'll want to look at "GRANT PROXYNODE", using it to grant access to the powered-off node's (say NODE_A) backups to another system that's still online (NODE_B). After running that command on the TSM server, you would login to NODE_B and do "dsmc restore -asnode=NODE_A /path/to/file". On 06/15/10 07:01, Avy Wong wrote: > Hello, > Is it possible to restore a file from the backups of a box that is > powered off? The old node is still registered on tivoli, it has not been > removed yet and subsequently all its backups. They want the file to be > restored into the new box. I appreciate your help. > > > Avy Wong > Business Continuity Administrator > Mohegan Sun > 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd > Uncasville, CT 06382 > (860)862-8164 > (cell) (860)961-6976 > > > The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S048, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine