you are missing the -LOC=TAPE option on your command line.
Yanki
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Yanki Yuksel
Sr. Systems/Network Administrator
Alcatel Canada
1235 Ormont Drive
Weston, Ontario, Canada
M9L 2W6
Tel: (416) 742-3900 ext 5767
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Mark
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BEE.COM> Subject: Re: Backup Set Restore Problem
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:23:14 +0100, you wrote:
>I have a problem. I have backed up a client to a 3590 tape (via a 3494
tape
>library) and want to restore it to another machine. I have the other
>machine connected to a standalone 3590 tape drive and have checked that it
>is connected properly (just tested a simple ufs dump). I have the client
>(3.7.2.0) installed on the other machine, and issue the command as
follows:
>-
>
>dsmc restore backupset "/dev/rmt/0"
>
>It sits for a while before issuing the following message.
>
>Invalid TCP/IP hostname was specified.
According the dsmc help documentation, the syntax for such an
operation is
RESTORE BACKUPSET <NAME OF TAPE DEVICE> -LOC=TAPE
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Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
