Hi all, A couple of days ago I had a problem with missing slots in my 3583 library. With your advice I managed to discover that it was due to a corrupt volume that would not read during and 'AUDIT LIBR'. I have subsequently set the status of the tape to 'DESTROYED' and recalled necessary volumes from offsite storage to restore the volume. Last night I issued command: 'RESTORE VOL 000413L1' with 000413L1 out of the labrary, the 3 offsite tapes needed for restore (set to 'READONLY') and a scratch volume in the library. I left it running overnight and have come in this morning to query the results of the restore to find the following:
'Q ACTLOG BEGIND=-1' shows (amongst other things) the following related to the restore: 12-05-2004 20:13:14 ANR0986I Process 147 for RESTORE VOLUME running in the BACKGROUND processed 47168 items for a total of 22,784,916,140 bytes with a completion state of SUCCESS at 20:13:14. 12-05-2004 20:13:14 ANR1240I Restore of volumes in primary storage pool BACKUP_TAPE has ended. Files Restored: 47168, Bytes Restored: 22784916140, Unreadable Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. 12-05-2004 20:13:14 ANR1256W Volume 000413L1 contains files that could not be restored. If I issue 'Q VOL 000413L1 F=D' it shows me: Volume Name: 000413L1 Storage Pool Name: BACKUP_TAPE Device Class Name: LTO Estimated Capacity (MB): 119,985.6 Pct Util: 52.9 Volume Status: Full Access: Destroyed Pct. Reclaimable Space: 48.1 Scratch Volume?: Yes In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 16 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 07-01-2004 11:31:32 Approx. Date Last Read: 10-04-2004 16:50:29 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 12-05-2004 16:54:48 Has the restore worked as it shows a completion state of 'SUCCESS' or was it incomplete as TSM is telling me the corrupt vol. contains files that could not be restored. If the restore was successful should it not show 'ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No match found using this criteria' when I input 'Q VOL 000413L1' - why is TSM telling me that this volume status is 'FULL' (Pct. Util: 52.9)? Many thanks for any advice you can offer me. Regards, C. Adams. C. Adams IT Support Analyst WRC Holdings Limited This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual(s) or entity(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented or expressed herein, are those of the author(s), and may not necessarily represent those of WWAV Rapp Collins Group or it's affiliates and representatives. No representation is given nor any liability accepted for the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this email unless expressly stated to the contrary. Neither is any liability accepted for any damage or financial or personal loss howsoever caused as a result of using the information or data contained within this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s) and/or have received this email in error, you may not use, disseminate, store, forward, print or copy it, in any method or form, either digital or otherwise. You must delete it completely from your system(s) and notify the sender that you received it, so we can ensure it does not happen again. Registered Office: 1 Riverside, Manbre Road, London UK, W6 9WA. Registered in England No. 1581935