Just make sure when you  use the VIRTUALNODENAME parameter that you always
select an alternate location for the restored files. NEVER..EVER..select
original locations. Especially on a Windows box. The original location is a
UNC name of the <drive>$ share of the original server and if you are
currently logged in as a domain admin, or admin of the original
server...guess what? You just overwrote the good files. Same thing on
Netware, too I believe.

Been there..done that..burned the t-shirt!

Bill Boyer
"Experience is a comb that nature gives us after we go bald." - ??



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:57 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Restore


If you want to restore the files to your location, start the TSM client
this way:

dsm -virtualnodename=nameofremoteclient

when the box pops up asking for the client password, OVERWRITE the node
name with your TSM admin id and your TSM admin password.  The file tree
will open showing you the inventory for the remote client.

You can select the files to restore and restore to OTHER LOCATION and
point the to some place on your machine.

HOWEVER, you may not necessarily be able to restore a Solaris file to
your AIX machine.
Depends on the file systems.  Better to try it on a local Solaris
machine, If you have one.

Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Timothy Hughes
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:45 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Restore


Mark,

I believe the client wants me to try to exmaine files
and see if it the file is corrupt. I did not know for
sure if there was a way for me do do this. The client
is located elsewhere. The files are from july 04 -oct 04
and they would have been backup up on are midnight
backup schedule.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:15 am
Subject: Re: Restore

> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Timothy Hughes
> >I am restoring files for a client and two of the files that he
> >tried to access after I restored them gave him  a error file corrupt?
> >
> >He would like for me to try and open up this file and see if
> >it is corrupt.
> >
> >How would I do this? If possible? I never had to do this before.
> >
> >Client sun solaris 5.1.5
> >
> >TSM server 5.2.3.1
> >AIX 5.2
>
> What do you mean by "open up"? There is not a way to examine the
> contents of a file from within either the TSM server or client.
> You can
> restore the file to an alternate location and examine it.
>
> I suspect that the backups may have been corrupted because the files
> were open when the backup was taken. Does your dsmsched.log file show
> anything unusual about those files?
>
> --
> Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
> Berbee Information Networks
> Office 262.521.5627
>