A quick answer for Saturday night. I haven't done what you are attempting and I have TSM server on AIX not W2K. And I have done a restore to a DR site machine, not as a separate instance.
But a few answers that are applicable no matter what. Yes, you have to format the new volumes. You can do it manually or do some editing of the DRM scripts used for restore. You need to also edit the dsmserv.dsk file (I think that's the same name used on W2K), BEFORE you start running the scripts. You have to kind of modify the normal process. The offsite DRM scripts assume you are on a clean machine for restore. Onsite assumes this is the ONLY TSM server instance and uses the existing volumes to do restore to. Like I said, a quick answer. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/25/03 07:17PM >>> All A quick question ( TSM Server win2000 ) I am trying to restore a db backup from this morning. I want to restore it into a new instance on the same server but using different drives for the dbvols and log vols. Is there a quicker way to do this other than mkdir drserver cd drserver ..\server\dsmserv -k drserver format 1 newlogvol size 3 newdbvol size etc etc ..\server\dsmserv -k restore db todate=10/25/2003 etc etc etc Also if I ran the format and didn't allocate enough space for the database, is there a way to format/add just one more volume to make the extra space before doing the restore , or would i need to start the format again giving all the dbvols again? Our database is 67Gb so the format takes a while :-) Cheers Chris _________________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to anyone on your contact list with MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com ############################################################## This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ##############################################################