Hi Richard It is for DR testing, but i take your point with changing the nodename in the dsm.opt file.
This is the output i am seeing - the virtualnodename made no difference. It is true what it is saying, this node (SO03DRT02) never did backup data for the other node (RESTNODE). I've tested this on a test client and i can only see a restore via DSMC after i have actually performed a backup. It could'nt see a restore object. However, via the GUI, it was happy to restore the other nodes' data. Note at the end of the output, it is quite happy for me to do a 'q filespace' for the node i want to restore - it asks for the id and password - and indeed the 'E' filespace is there. C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc query backup e:\* -subdir=yes -virtual nodename=restnode IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface Client Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.2 Client date/time: 05/14/2008 12:34:49 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: restnode Please enter your user id <restnode>: Please enter password for user id "restnode": ****** Session established with server TSMDR: Windows Server Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.0 Server date/time: 05/14/2008 12:35:48 Last access: 05/14/2008 11:21:09 ANS1084E No files have previously been backed up for 'e:\*' C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc query filespace -virtualnodename=restnode IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface Client Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.2 Client date/time: 05/14/2008 12:35:43 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: restnode Please enter your user id <restnode>: Please enter password for user id "restnode": ****** Session established with server TSMDR: Windows Server Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.0 Server date/time: 05/14/2008 12:36:42 Last access: 05/14/2008 12:36:01 # Last Incr Date Type File Space Name --- -------------- ---- --------------- 1 05/08/2008 07:03:23 NTFS \\restnode\e$ C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc restore e:\ f: -subdir=yes -quiet IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface Client Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.2 Client date/time: 05/14/2008 12:36:29 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: SO03DRT02 Session established with server TSMDR: Windows Server Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.0 Server date/time: 05/14/2008 12:37:28 Last access: 05/14/2008 12:34:15 ANS1084E No files have previously been backed up for 'e:\' C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc q filespace IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface Client Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.2 Client date/time: 05/14/2008 12:39:42 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: SO03DRT02 Session established with server TSMDR: Windows Server Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.0 Server date/time: 05/14/2008 12:40:41 Last access: 05/14/2008 12:37:28 No file spaces for node 'SO03DRT02' were found on the server C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc q filespace -virtualnode=restnode IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface Client Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.2 Client date/time: 05/14/2008 12:39:58 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: restnode Please enter your user id <restnode>: Please enter password for user id "restnode": ****** Session established with server TSMDR: Windows Server Version 5, Release 4, Level 0.0 Server date/time: 05/14/2008 12:40:57 Last access: 05/14/2008 12:36:44 # Last Incr Date Type File Space Name --- -------------- ---- --------------- 1 05/08/2008 07:03:23 NTFS \\lo03fps01\e$ C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient> -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: 14 May 2008 12:30 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Restore Query From DSMC Avoid altering your TSM node identity with by planting a foreign NODename value in the prevailing dsm.opt file: that can lead to problems, particularly as TSM functions might be used by others on that system while the change is in place. Instead, use the VIRTUALNodename option, which is intended for cross-node work, specified on the command line. See the client manual for info on cross-node restorals ("Restoring or retrieving files from another client node"). Specify the restoral as: Restore e:\* f: -subdir=yes -tapeprompt=no -quiet - virtualnodename=whatever I always recommend that rather than launching right into the restoral attempt that a Query Backup first be done using the same general specifications, to verify overall correctness, as in: dsmc query backup e:\* -subdir=yes -virtualnodename=whatever If you encounter the ANS1084E, do dsmc query filespace virtualnodename=whatever to verify the filespace identity. Richard Sims http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- Email scanned for viruses and spam by the Woolworths anti-virus systems. 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