Restore backup set to another node

[nrw]

I am new to TSM, however I have to plan a recovery solution to our TSM clients.
Our TSM level is 6.1 and we have some clients running 5.2. I am planning to take backup sets monthly and keep for a long time. My question is our 5.2 cliets may be upgraded and by the time we need a restore even the server name may be changed. My question is how can I recover a file in that scenario? We do not have any stand alone tape drives for every server.

In a simple way, has anybody done a restore of a backup set to a different node, using the TSM server? ( not using a stand alone tape drive).

Any input in this regard is highly appreciated.
Thanks.
NRW.

 

[pucmeloun]

It's possible - just change the nodename in dsm.sys/dsm.opt on the target node (or you can try to use virtualnodename switch). You should be able to restore data via dsmc from the TSM server (you dont need directly attached tape drive), for example to restore /foobar/foo.txt file from mybackupset backupset use:

dsmc restore backupset /foobar/foo.txt -backupsetname=mybackupset -loc=server

There are many examples in online documentation.

 

[nrw]

Thank you very much for the reply. I tried to successfully to restore a backupset to another server by changing the node name in .opt file.

Now I can confidently go ahead with my plan.
Thank you again.