If the machine you are restoring to is not the same one you backed up
from, then you need to use the UNC name instead of the drive letter.

For example, if the machine you backed up is called "storman", then the
restore syntax would look something like this:

   dsmc   restore   \\storman\e$\   f:\   -subdir=yes

(and you can tack the -virtualnodename option on as well).

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 05/14/2008
02:10:02 AM:

> Hi
>
>
>
> TSM Server v5.4.0.0
>
> TSM Client v5.4.0.2
>
> Both running on Windows 2003
>
>
>
> Problem trying to restore data. I want to restore data on a backup of an
> 'E' drive to the 'F' drive.
>
>
>
> I have updated the dsm.opt file to the nodename of an existing node
> which backs up data nightly. When i do a restore of the data from the
> GUI, all is fine. I can see the drive i want to restore ('E' drive) and
> the restore to the 'F' drive starts successfully. But i want to do the
> restore from the command line with the '-QUIET' option to improve
> restore performance (500gb to be restored)
>
>
>
> However, at the command line, i get this:
>
>
>
> Restore e:\ f: -subdir=yes -tapeprompt=no -quiet
>
> ANS1084E No files have previously been backed up for 'E:\'
>
>
>
> Why does this work from the GUI but not from the command line. Am i
> missing an option?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Jeff White
>
>
>
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