Just to add to Richard's comments:

The issue that Richard raises is not limited to point-in-time restores. It
can happen with any restore operation where a directory or its parent has
been expired from the server. I've discussed this in the past
(http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l AT vm.marist DOT edu/msg08175.html).

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-02-06
08:08:42:

> >I have a Client on Windows XP with Tsm client version 5.2.3.4 , when I
> >tried to restore thru the gui (dsm.exe)  a directory (WWW)  nothing is
> >display either this directory or files.
> >I tried the same with the command line (dsmc.exe) and I got the this
> >directory and files too !!!!!
>
> Again: When posting questions about Restorals, we need to know the
> particulars of the restoral in order to ascertain what the problem may
> be.  The type of restoral can make all the difference.
>
> If this is a Point In Time restoral, then these effects are well known,
> and have been discussed before.  Refer to the B/A Client manual
> discussion of "Performing point-in-time restores", and see topic
> "GUI vs. CLI" in ADSM QuickFacts, and descriptive APAR IC24733.
> The crux of the matter is that there are not corresponding directories
> in the backing store which correspond to the PIT spec such that they
> can be presented for you to drill down through them in the GUI.
>
> If some other type of restoral, re-post with all the particulars,
> including the steps pursued in trying to get to the data display,
> any dsmerror.log messages.
>
>    Richard Sims    http://people.bu.edu/rbs