The way I have done this type of request is to restore to the same directory
a re-directed restore to
a directory like RESTOREyyyymmdd where the yyyymmdd are the year month and
date of the backup into that sub-directory.  This way the user had an
'opportunity'
to be involved and understand what they are getting.

In short, you are right.  Windows does not allow multiple versions of the
same
file name to exist concurrently at the same place in a directory tree..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Kirkman [SMTP:jmk AT EMAIL.UNC DOT EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:17 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      restoring multiple versions of the same file
>
> Greetings,
>
> We have a customer that wants to restore all 10 versions of a file (1
> active and 9 inactive) that TSM has stored. Is there a way to restore
> all of them at once, or is he going to need to run 10 separate restores
> and rename the file once it's on the box?
>
> I don't see how Windows is going to let multiple copies of the same file
> name exist, but I figured if anybody would know a trick it would be this
> crowd!
>
> thanks,
>
> --
> Jim Kirkman
> AIS - Systems
> UNC-Chapel Hill
> 966-5884