Have you followed the instructions as per the redbook on bare metal
restores? It sounds as if you're not creating a repair partition.

In order to rebuild the OS and Applications correctly, you must first
install a second instance of WinnT in say c:\winntrestore
Load the ADSM Client and perform the restore.
This will allow ADSM to restore the OS since none of the files will be in
use/ locked by the OS.

There's a bit more to it than this, for more details checkout the redbook on
bare metal restores at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com

Narhan

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Mike Dillon [SMTP:Mike.dillon AT WCOM DOT COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, October 19, 1999 11:14 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Need Help

        Does anyone have information about using NT Clients being backed-up
by a
        Unix ADSM server.  We have experienced successful restores of the NT
        server OS's, however when we try to restore the applications they
fail.
        Errors are received and the applications are lost.  Scenario:  NT
4.0
        with IIS 4.0, several virtual sites setup and when a backup is
complete,
        we format the server and install OS and ADSM backup client.  Once
the
        client is installed the  we begin the restore.  Aproximently 115
files
        are not restored, many in the winnt\system32 directory.  The IIS is
not
        restored.  Does anyone have any experience trying to restore
        applications from a ADSM server to the NT clients?


        Michael Dillon
        Sr. NT System Administrator