Thanks Pete, but I tried what you suggested and (at least on AIX) I had no
luck.  Perhaps I should try to better explain the problem:

Assume I have two filesystems /filesys1 and /filesys1/filesys2.

When I try to restore these filesystems from ADSM I want the ownership and
permission settings of the directories /filesys1 and /filesys1/filesys2 to
be restored correctly, however I can't seem to figure out how.

It appears that the problem is caused because the root (or top-most)
directory of a file space never actually gets backed up!
The backup of /filesys1 never mentions "/filesys1" as being backed up, and
it skips /filesys1/filesys2 because it is a separate file space.
If you try to do a selective backup of a regular directory, it works, but
if you try to do the same thing with a file space root directory (eg: dsmc
selective /filesys1) you get the error "ANS1081E Invalid search file
specification '/filesys1' entered".

Probably because they are never backed up, they also can never be restored!
 I personally feel that this is a bug.

Does anyone else have any comments or experiences?  Give it a try for
yourselves.  Change the permissions on /home and then try to restore them.
I don't think it is possible.

Thanks,

At 02:30 PM 29/04/98 -0400, you wrote:
>There seems to be some problems with this in version 3.
>
>You should be able to force the root to be restored bydoing the following:
>
>    dsmc restore / -volinfo -dirsonly -test=disablenqr
>
>Note that the test=disablenqr is only required if you are going to a
version 3
>server.
>
>Hope this helps .....
>
>Pete Tanenhaus, ADSM NT Client Development
>---------------------- Forwarded by Pete Tanenhaus/San Jose/IBM on 04/29/98
>11:16 AM ---------------------------
>
>
>ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 04/29/98 07:50:29 AM
>Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>cc:
>Subject: Restoring permission of file space root directories
>
>
>Hello all,
>
>I'm finding that it seems impossible to restore the directory permissions
>of the root directory or mount point of a file space (ie: file system) on
>UNIX boxes.  I am running at the latest client level ov V3 and I have
>tested this on AIX and Solaris.
>
>Can anyone shed any light on this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Scott.
>Scott McCambly
>AIX/NetView/ADSM Specialist - Unopsys Inc.  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>(613)238-5620
>
>
>
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Scott McCambly
AIX/NetView/ADSM Specialist - Unopsys Inc.  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
(613)238-5620