To all those that got my first need I retract it I found my error, I
needed to make sure the hive keys where not in a sub directory as they
were.  Thank you all for your help, you made me  a hero.
Michael Dillon
Sr. NT System Administrator



                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Mike Dillon
                Sent:   Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:55 AM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        RE: Need Help

                I appreciate the help with Bare Metal restores, I do
have  one question.  After I restore the OS and applications the
instructions state to restore the registry from the command line.  The
commands are as follows:

                Dsmc res c:\adsm.sys\registry\machinename\machine\*.*
c:\winnt\system32\config\
                Dsmc res c:\adsm.sys\registry\machinename\users\default
c:\winnt\system32\config\
                Dsmc res
c:\adsm.sys\registry\machinename\users\Administrator\*.*
c:\winnt\system32\config\

                After I restore these registry Keys, it states to reboot
and everything should be fine.  I do know that while in the ADSM GUI
there is a option to activate the key once it is restored, do you have
to do something like that for the command line?  I am receiving the
following error when I reboot:

                Windows NT could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt:
                \winnt\system32\config\systemHardware Profile/Last Known
Good menu

                Has anyone seen this before?

                Thank you for the help!

                Michael Dillon
                Sr. NT System Administrator


                                -----Original Message-----
                                From:   Nathan King
[mailto:nathan.king AT USAA DOT COM]
                                Sent:   Tuesday, October 19, 1999 1:44
PM
                                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                                Subject:        Re: Need Help

                                Have you followed the instructions as
per the redbook on bare metal
                                restores? It sounds as if you're not
creating a repair partition.

                                In order to rebuild the OS and
Applications correctly, you must first
                                install a second instance of WinnT in
say c:\winntrestore
                                Load the ADSM Client and perform the
restore.
                                This will allow ADSM to restore the OS
since none of the files will be in
                                use/ locked by the OS.

                                There's a bit more to it than this, for
more details checkout the redbook on
                                bare metal restores at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com

                                Narhan

                                        -----Original Message-----
                                        From:   Mike Dillon
[SMTP:Mike.dillon AT WCOM DOT COM]
                                        Sent:   Tuesday, October 19,
1999 11:14 AM
                                        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                                        Subject:        Need Help

                                        Does anyone have information
about using NT Clients being backed-up
                                by a
                                        Unix ADSM server.  We have
experienced successful restores of the NT
                                        server OS's, however when we try
to restore the applications they
                                fail.
                                        Errors are received and the
applications are lost.  Scenario:  NT
                                4.0
                                        with IIS 4.0, several virtual
sites setup and when a backup is
                                complete,
                                        we format the server and install
OS and ADSM backup client.  Once
                                the
                                        client is installed the  we
begin the restore.  Aproximently 115
                                files
                                        are not restored, many in the
winnt\system32 directory.  The IIS is
                                not
                                        restored.  Does anyone have any
experience trying to restore
                                        applications from a ADSM server
to the NT clients?


                                        Michael Dillon
                                        Sr. NT System Administrator