Issue the restore from the system you want to restore to.  Add the option 
"-virtualnode=OTHERSYSTEM"
 to your dsmc command where OTHERSYSTEM is the one on which the data was backed 
up.  Backup and restore systems do need to be the same OS type.

David

>>> Jack.Coats AT BANKSTERLING DOT COM 05/24/05 5:54 PM >>>
I have a directory I need to restore as of a given date on an AIX system
but I need to restore it to a different system and different directory.

Can someone please help me with the syntax?

/usr/bin/dsmc -user=administrator -pass=administratorpassword restore 
-pitdate=05/16/2005 -subdir=yes /usr/data/files/* /usr/restorearea/

I know I am missing the system names in there... what else?

TIA ... jack