There is little trick I used once a lot of time ago.... in case you still
need the data....

The type of data you can see in the client (*IX or Windows) depends on the
last backup. During the last backup the node will be updated by type and
version of OS and other stuff.
So if you need the Linux data, just do a little backup of a file from the
Linux client, restart the client, now you should see the Linux files.

Remember the Windows scheduler, as if you use polling, the windows scheduler
can set back the node to Windows. You can search for hours for the switch
back if you forget this scheduler ;-)

Regards,
Maurice


2010/12/6 Prather, Wanda <wPrather AT icfi DOT com>

> Correct.
> You can restore any *IX to any other variant of *IX, but you can't restore
> from *IX to Windows.
> Or vice versa.
> Restore to an *IX platform, and FTP to your Windows box, if that's what is
> really wanted.
>
> W
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] on behalf of Lee,
> Gary D. [GLEE AT BSU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:26 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Cross platform restore question
>
> Ok, thanks to all I got the virtual node working.
> Now, the source node is suse linux under zvm, the target is some variant of
> windows.
>
> I have tried restoreing both /home/userx/filename and
> {/home}/userx/filename
>
> I either get "no matching files" or invalid filespace for the current
> operating system.
> Are we stuck, not able to restore across platforms?
>
> If not, what next?
>
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310
>