Tim, at this time there are no plans to remove the restriction.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.eyebm DOT com (change eye to i to reply)

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.




"Rushforth, Tim" <TRushforth AT WINNIPEG DOT CA>
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03/28/2003 14:13
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        Subject:        Re: Restore of System Object



Any plans for removing this restriction?

We have a few users that want to "clone" a production machine to do
testing.
And they want to use TSM to do it.  Becuasue of this limitation we use MS
Backup to backup system state to disk.

Then the restore process is similar to documented Bare Metal Restore
procedure from redbook except using a different computer name.

So install W2K (different computer name, IP).
Restore data from TSM (to different node name - either using virtualnode
or
logging in with source name).
Restore MS system state from disk.
Reboot and bring up online on separate stand-alone test network or change
computer specific information.

Thanks,

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:storman AT US.IBM DOT COM]
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 3:07 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Restore of System Object


It is not permitted to restore the system object to a machine with a
different name. The computer name of the restore target much match that of
the original machine.

You can find more info in the IBM redbook SG24-6141 "Deploying the Tivoli
Storage Manager Client in a Windows 2000 Environment". The redbook is
available at www.redbooks.ibm.com.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.eyebm DOT com (change eye to i to reply)

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.