Christian,

I do this frequently and have no problem when I cd to the server2 directory and 
run the following:

..\server\dsmserv -k server2 restore db todate=today

During the restore dsmserv uses the directory you're in to create registry 
entries for the paths to the instance.

Bill Smoldt
STORServer, Inc.


On Jan 14, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Wanda Prather wrote:

> I ran into that a while ago.  It just plain doesn't work like it should.
> Got some responses from this list, but lost my test server and never got
> around to trying it again:
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l AT vm.marist DOT edu/msg76823.html
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Christian Svensson <
> Christian.Svensson AT cristie DOT se> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I'm doing a TSM Server Database recovery on a server right now where I have
>> multiple Server Instance.
>> When I run dsmserv.exe restore db from the directory where I have the
>> correct dsmserv.opt and dsmserv.dsk, then some how does TSM try to restore
>> my other instance that is also instance server1 in my tsm environment.
>> 
>> When I normally start TSM I will type dsmserv.exe -k server2 but somehow
>> doesn't dsmserv restore db working with the switch -k
>> 
>> Does anyone have any other ideas how to restore on a dedicated server
>> instance?
>> 
>> TSM Server 5.5.2 on Windows Server 2003 x64
>> 
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> Christian Svensson
>> 
>> Cell: +46-70-325 1577
>> E-mail: Christian.Svensson AT cristie DOT se
>> Skype: cristie.christian.svensson
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>> http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms
>> 
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