Mike, For what it's worth, we had better success with BMR using the 5.3.0.5 client than the 5.2.2.0 when we did our hotsite test recently. We also ran a pre and post restore script that copied/restored some of the hardware specific files such as hal.dll, but we needed to restore to dissimilar hardware. Does this machine have other drives than c:? If so, they should be restored first, in case any software references them. -steve
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hagery Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:03 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Problems with BMR on W2K (missing DLL's after restore) Hello, TSM server Windows2000, TSM 5.2.2.0. TSM client Windows2000 Advanced, TSM 5.2.2.0, Exchange-mail server After a succesfull back-up of all local drives (C, D, E, F + system objects) and a full back-up with ITSM_for_Mail (TDP for Exchange), we tried to do a full restore of the system. We get some problems after restoring the operating system and I hope someone can point me to the right direction. These are the followed steps: - Basic installation W2KSP3 (same SP as installed during back-up) - Server renamed to original name, not joined in domain - IP config modified for connection with TSM-server - Installation TSM client - Modified dsm.opt - Restore C-partition NO REBOOT - Restore System Objects - Reboot The system reboots well, but a few seconds after the log-menu appears there also appears two popup error-messages concerning 'Unable to locate DLL' for inetinfo.exe: IisRTL.dll could not be located in <path> and the other-one for AntigenIMC.exe (virusscanner): Exstrace.dll could not be located in <path> If we compare some dll's with another Exchange server the following were missing: iisext.dll iismap.dll iisrstap.dll iisreset.exe It is not possible to start the IIS-service manually. I find this document: DCF Document ID: 1164812 - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager: Modified Instructions for Complete Restores of Windows Systems: Bare Metal Restore (BMR), System State Restore, Windows System Object Restore But, After doing the restore again with the commands out of the document: - dsmc restore "{SYSTEM OBJECT}\winnt\system32\catroot\*" %systemroot%\system32\ -sub=yes -rep=all - dsmc restore %systemdrive%\* -sub=yes -rep=all - dsmc restore systemobject I still get the same popup-message about the missing DLL's. If I do a select on the server the mentioned files are all in the backup-table. If I do some queries on the client (q sysfiles, q systemobject, show systemobject) everything is there. Every tip is welcome. Thanks in advance. Mike _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm