Yes, on AIX it's simple.

On the development box (adev), start the adsm client by entering:  dsm
-virtualnodename=aprd
This tells ADSM you want to restore files from the backups belonging to
This tells ADSM you want to restore files from the backups belonging to
aprd.
ADSM will then prompt you for the ADSM password for aprd.  If you can supply
it, the dsm window will open, and you will see all the backups for aprd, and
will be able to do restores as usual.

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Wanda Prather
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
443-778-8769
wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

"Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" -
Scott Adams/Dilbert
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie Lane [SMTP:Debbie.Lane AT INTERMEC DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:33 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      AIX Restore
>
> I want to restore a file system  that was backed up on a production box
> (aprd) to a new file system on a development box, (adev).
> We are using AIX, ADSM server 3.1.2.30, and ADSM client 3.1.0.5
> Is it possible to restore a backup created on one machine to another
> machine?
>
> Regards,
>
> Debbie