Alex, If the tape is truly "bad", first audit that tape (audit vol xxx fix=yes); if you just want to skip past that tape, one "trick" I've used is to force classic restore -- nqr won't skip "unavailable" tapes, classic will (or it used to in the v 3.1 timeframe)...
To force "classic" restore, specify the filespec with a trailing /?* (or \?*); you can verify classic restore is running by *not* getting the message "waiting for files from the server..." (See the Tech. Guide for v 3.1, or Admin Guide, for other parameters that force classic restore method). BTW, another advantage to classic restore is it will minimize tape mounts on the TSM server -- it sorts the eligible restore files/dirs by their needed tape mounts before sending any data (and only sends data that meets the restore spec's -- so there is much more "think time" before any data starts to flow.) If all this fails (to help), read the Admin Guide topic -- "Correcting Damaged Files" (it's two pages long); if a file was marked "damaged", and the data had been copy pool'ed, the (offsite?) copy pool tapes will be requested; again, since they're unavailable, classic restore will list the vol's being skipped (in the act-log) but still process data from the "available" tapes. Need more help? Copy-and-paste the error msg you are receiving, include any relevant context (and added messages that immediately precede or follow). Don France Technical Architect -- Tivoli Certified Consultant Tivoli Storage Manager, WinNT/2K, AIX/Unix, OS/390 San Jose, Ca (408) 257-3037 mailto:don_france@;att.net Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E. -- www.pacepros.com) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of Alexander Lazarevich Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 2:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: restore without missing tape we've got adsm server 3.1 on an aix 4.3.3 machine. tape library is 3575. if ive donw a restore of an entire filesystem, but the restore stopped due to a tape error, and that tape is just totally dead (cant migrate anything off of it), how do i continue the restore of other good data that isnt on that bad tape. i ask because im doing a restore of a 23GB filesystem, and it stopped at 7GB complaining about a bad tape. fine, but if i continue the process, will it go on to other good tapes? or will it sit there and keep complaining about that bad tape. how do i restore all the other good data and avoid that bad tape? thanks in advance! alex --- --- Alex Lazarevich | Systems | Imaging Technology Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu --- ---
