You will need to complete the following steps before doing the restore:

1. ensure you have the same model hardware as the failed system

2. ensure the drives are the same number and size as the failed system

3. install the same Operating System, patches, and hotfixes as the failed
system

4. Verfiy that the HAL is configured properly (for single or multiple
processors).

5. install the same TSM client version as the failed system

6. edit the \program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsm.opt file
      pointing it to the same TSM server address and TCPPort as the failed
system.

7. run Restore.bat (home grown code)

Restore.bat initiates a command line restore of a failed server.
You should only run the restore.bat file if you are restoring an entire
server Operating System.

It will restore all the files on the system drive, the systemobject or
systemstate, and
systemServices. It should only be used when the entire c:\ drive data has
been
distroyed or corrupted.

Restore.bat will also make sure that the boot.ini file is
handled properly, so that there are no problems with attempting to boot to
the
wrong partition.

Please use it with extreme caution.


prerequisites: similar hardware, operating system, tsm client and hotfixes
as were
on the failed system.

This process may work on a server with some dissimilarities from the server
being
restored but the more alike the two are the greater the chances of a
successful
restore and working system.



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We are backing up 2 servers using TSM 5.2, server1 and server2 (OS for
both servers will be the same and we have the following operating systems
in our environment: NW, Windows, AIX, Linux).
Scenario:
Server2 crashes and needs to be completely rebuilt.
3rd party bare metal restore/imaging products are excluded for this
scenario.
Question:
How do I restore server2 data to server1 without having to rebuild server2
first?
thanks