Marc, This could be a bug. It's hard to tell without looking more closely at the configuration. The Storage Agent should be going after the data over the LAN.
Please call IBM support so they can assist you. Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Never cut what can be untied. - Commit yourself to constant improvement. =================================================================== > Hi Del > > The specific error we are getting is as follows: > > 11/19/2002 12:56:50 ANR1421W (Session: 3523, Origin: DWHSTAGE) Read access > denied for volume E:\TSMDATA\SERVER1\MSSQLMETA.DSM - > volume offline. > > This volume is not offline. Also If i disable the LANFREE then I can retrieve the metadata from the diskpool. It almost seems that although the management class controls the backup process, the restore has no way of knowing that it should requestthe metadat across the LAN, when it is getting the actual DATA from the tapes on the SAN.