Jeff,
I've run into this problem when restoring the SYS: volume on a Netware
server.  I also see this if we try to restore the directory/files
that ADSM is installed in.  To get around this, I install ADSM on server
'B' into a different directory than ADSM is installed on server
'A'.  Have also seen this when trying to restore over an NLM that's in
use - to limit this exposure, unload all unnecessary NLMs during
the restore process or you can also try the '-ifnewer' parameter.
However, I do agree that this is something IBM should fix- at the very
least ADSM should skip the file and write a message in the DSMERROR.LOG
or allow for an override on the restore to skip files if
they're in use.

Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com

>
>From:  Jeff Renicker[SMTP:jrenicker AT VNET.IBM DOT COM]
>Sent:  Tuesday, July 16, 1996 6:59 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Skipping files during restore
>
>Hi all!
>
>We're trying to clone a Netware 3.12 server and are using ADSM to
>restore the
>files backed up from server A to server B.  The problem we're having is
>this -
>during the restore we see these messages:
>
>(TSA312 4.2 266) This data set is in use and cannot be accessed at this
>time.
>ANS4104E Write access denied in trying to Restore <filename>
>      Retry/skip/abort (r/s/a)?
>
>Is there any way to have ADSM automatically skip these files and not
>sit there
>waiting for a reply?  We're looking at a 4-5 hour restore and would
>prefer not
>to babysit the entire process just to reply to a prompt.
>
>We've run the restore twice now and each time the process has timed out
>due to
>the prompt going unnoticed.  Aside from the fact that the target server
>has no
>users on it (which makes the idea of a file being "in use" a bit
>suspect) does
>anyone have a way to get around the prompt?
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
>Thanx!
>
>Jeff Renicker
>jrenicker AT vnet.ibm DOT com
>