Hi Zoltan, You are correct: backups taken with the TSM client for NetWare must be restored with the TSM client for NetWare. It is not possible to restore them with a different client.
Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [email protected] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2011-06-06 12:10:47: > From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 2011-06-06 12:13 > Subject: Netware backup restores > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Stupid question time for which I am pretty sure I know the answer but must > ask...... > > We are terminating our Netware license for Netware servers. So, effective > July 1, we can not legally have any running/functioning Netware servers. > > From everything I understand (please correct me if I am wrong), you CAN > NOT restore Netware backups to anything other than a Netware server. > > So, as far as I am concerned (and have told my last remaining Netware > server admins), any Netware backups after June 30, are mostly useless. > Besides, the contents have been migrated to other Windoz servers. > > Yet we still have folks wanting to perform, last final backups of long > dismounted volumes (thus flushed out of TSM, long ago). > > Am I correct on this? Am I missing anything? > Zoltan Forray > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
