Hi, As long as FRED does no new incremental backups, it's data doesn't expire. Other machines can restore that data using the -virtualnode option to the tsm client.
> Hi TSMers > > Until recently we have been backing up a machine that we'll call FRED. The > applications on that machine has been slowly migrated to another box and we > have been able to re-use FRED for another purpose. However, we are keeping > the data that has been backed up for Fred in case the origional box needs > to be re-built or the data is required. > > Here is my question. > > Baring in mind that the machine FRED no longer exists. is there a way to > restore files backed up from Fred to another client node should the need > arrise. > > We are running TSM server 3.7.3.8 on a Sun Solaris 2.7 machine. Clients in > question are all 3.7.2.0. > > Many thanks in advance for any help given > > Farren Minns - Trainee System Admin - John Wiley & Sons > -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008 Fax. +31 20 668 3167 "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams
