Len, I do not know what the system exit is (it's been well over a decade since I've written an exit -- on MVS -- and all that stuff is "paged out" of memory :-) But if that would be sufficient (not sure you'd be able to tell for what operation the tape was being requested), then maybe that's the place to look.
Through the admin console, (a) how would you know for sure when a restore is occurring, and (b) what messages would you look for, and by then, would it be too late to the pre-fetch processing that Karin mentioned? With a hypothetical exit, you'd be able to do pre-fetch processing *before* the operation began. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2005-04-14 13:30:37: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Raibeck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says: > > > >Karin, TSM does not provide any exits for this purpose. The only exit in > >TSM is for logging TSM server events, but I don't see that that will > >provide what you need. > > > >Regards, > > > >Andy > Andy could he not use the system exit or the output from the dsmadmc > -console command to sense the tape mounts required and do his vts > stuff with that info. > > len
