Only among similar plattforms, like win9X, WinNT, W2K,
or among different unix flavours,
but not between unix and winx.

Regards
Juraj


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Copper, Steve [mailto:scopper AT WESTERNPOWER.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 5:11 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Cross platform restores?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Quick question:
>
> Is it possible to do a cross platform restore? If so, how?
>
> I have some users who wish to restore a backup image of an
> NT4 server onto a
> unix(AIX) server for purposes of DR (not my place to ask
> why). In my mind
> this could be possible as it is effectively only a binary
> file. I have been
> trying the "q backup" command with the fromnode option on the
> AIX server but
> it can't seem to see any files from the NT node. The access
> is set on the NT
> server to allow all users from all nodes access to the
> filespaces so I don't
> think this is a problem.
>
> TIA
>
> Steve Copper
>
>
>
>
>
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