Gerald, I recommend reading Richard Sim's Quick Facts on this subject.
Point your browser at http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts and search for "Restoral preview" Regards, Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------ Alexander Verkooijen Senior Systems Programmer High Performance Computing SARA Computing & Networking Services > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gerald Wichmann > Sent: donderdag 19 februari 2004 23:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Querying What tapes you need for a restore? > > > Is there a way to query a list of tapes needed for a given > restore prior to > doing the restore such that you can ensure all those tapes are in your > library prior to kicking off the restore? I think the normal mode of > operation is if you were to do a restore that involved > several tapes and > some tapes were in your library and some were not, it would > move along fine > with those tapes it has but the restore would halt and issue > a mount request > for those that aren't in the library. I'd like to avoid that > mount request > and just ensure all the tapes are in the library beforehand. > > Gerald > > > > This e-mail has been captured and archived by the ZANTAZ > Digital Safe(tm) > service. For more information, visit us at www.zantaz.com. > IMPORTANT: This electronic mail message is intended only for > the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information > that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure > under applicable > law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, or the > employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received > this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by > telephone or directly reply to the original message(s) sent. > Thank you. >
