you are missing the -LOC=TAPE option on your command line.

Yanki
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Yanki Yuksel
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Alcatel Canada
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                    Mark
                    Stapleton            To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:23:14 +0100, you wrote:
>I have a problem. I have backed up a client to a 3590 tape (via a 3494
tape
>library) and want to restore it to another machine. I have the other
>machine connected to a standalone 3590 tape drive and have checked that it
>is connected properly (just tested a simple ufs dump). I have the client
>(3.7.2.0) installed on the other machine, and issue the command as
follows:
>-
>
>dsmc restore backupset "/dev/rmt/0"
>
>It sits for a while before issuing the following message.
>
>Invalid TCP/IP hostname was specified.

According the dsmc help documentation, the syntax for such an
operation is

        RESTORE BACKUPSET <NAME OF TAPE DEVICE> -LOC=TAPE

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