Thomas,
try this:
1. uninstall the complete Win32-client code
2. rename the filespaces to whatever you want
3. install IP21371, fixtest 5L, english version
4. start backup again

Greetings from another "international character"-fellow-sufferer.
Gerhard Ginzler

At 19:53 18.11.98 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello Len,
>
>thanks for your reply.
>
>I have been scanning through the DSMSCHED.LOG of this
>server a bit more (it was the first backup of a server with 600.000
>files) and encountered a problem with national characters
>(I'm sitting in Austria). All files with natioanl characters are not
>backed up with message: 
>
>ANS1304W Active object not found 
>
>I'm sure to run the 3.1.05 client (final version IP21371) but
>the PC guy will check this tomorrow.
>
>As the 3.1.05 won't run with LANGUAGE GERMAN in the
>DSM.OPT file is there a change to backup files with national
>characters at the moment?
>
>This is very critical to the reputation of the ADSM projekt as
>we can't go on with server centralization if I cannot backup
>ALL files.
>
>So any feedback on this subject will be greatly appreciated!
>(IBM Development: When will fixes to all this problems be
>available?).
>
>Thanks Len and all others who so patient reply to my questions.
>
>Greetings from Austria
>
>Thomas Rupp
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von:  Leonard Boyle [SMTP:SNOLEN AT VM.SAS DOT COM]
>> Gesendet am:  Mittwoch, 18. November 1998 02:34
>> An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Betreff:      Re: Special Characters in Filename
>> 
>> Hello Thomas
>> 
>> Have you tried the v3.1.05l client. I suspect if you look at the
>> mac file support it will do what you want. But they have a bug
>> where you can not have file names with national char support
>> and the unicode support required for mac file names.
>> So it might not.
>> 
>> Good Luck len boyle
>> 
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