Try issuing q restore on the server.
you will probably see a restartable restore listed.
you can then issue cancel restore <session number>

Sean Stecker wrote:
>
> I started a restore to an NT Server yesterday, and then realized that in fact 
> we
> didn't need it.  I cancelled the session on the ADSM server and closed the
> window on the client.  That client failed to back up last night, and I see in
> the dsmsched.log "this machine has a pending restore and cannot backup until 
> the
> restore is completed or cancelled", or something to that effect.  I do not see
> any sessions or processes relating to the restore and as I said, I calcelled 
> it
> yesterday, approximately 3 hours before the client was to start backing up.  
> Any
> ideas on how to flush the remnants of this restore out of the system?  Thanks 
> in
> advance for your help.
>
> Sean M. Stecker
> stecker.sean AT orbital-lsg DOT com