From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Nigel Howard
>hi all, can one recover a aix db tape on a wintel server and then
>restore clients?

This has been discussed on this list many times.

You cannot restore one OS's TSM db backup onto another OS's TSM server
with any kind of support from Tivoli. The only way you can move a TSM
server installation from one OS to another is through an export/import
process, which is very slow.

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