Del,

what about not so dissimilar platforms? A file (Domino DB) transferred
from NT to AIX or OS/2 (or reverse) can be used without problems.
Is this TDP (ITSM for Mail) limitation or Domino?

Zlatko Krastev
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Subject:        Re: Restore TDP Domino data cross-platform??

> I had a client ask me this. They are running Domino on S/390 which runs
as a
> USS application. They use the TDP agent to backup the databases and
archive
> logs. What he would like to do is to have a single NT/2K box available
to
> restore databases to instead of the production LPAR(s). He says that the
TDP
> restore of archivelogs uses 15-20% of the LPAR cpu and they are already
CPU
> constrained.

> I know that the B/A client cannot restore cross-platform, but what about
TDP
> data? As long at the Domino server versions are compatable, and the TSM
> API/TDP are the same, can they restore TDP Domino data from the
mainframe
> OS/390/USS to an NT server??

Bill,

No.  This can not be done.

Thanks,

Del

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Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
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