We had a data loss "incident" a couple of years back. There is no way to re-populate the TSM DB from a tape. You have 2 options: 1. Do a DB restore to before the data was deleted from the TSM DB 2. Use a data recovery process to re-read the tapes.
We used Option 2, and got most of it back. IBM supplied the program to read the data from tape and put it into a directory structure. Steven On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 at 14:05 Krzysztof Przygoda <przy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > I guess its better to disable schedules before you start (by adding > disablescheds yes in dsmserv.opt file) the resorted server than to do > it after start (as some jobs can start just after startup). > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.srv.ref.doc/r_opt_server_disablescheds.html > > Kind Regards > Krzysztof > > 2015-04-14 14:48 GMT+02:00 Steven Harris <st...@stevenharris.info>: > > Hi Gregor. > > > > IBM used to offer a special service to get data off tape. Not sure if it > > is still available. > > > > Other than that the only way I know is to restore your DB to a point > > before expiration. Start up the restored instance with NOMIGRECL and > > immediately stop your daily schedules, in particular stop running > > expiration. At this point you can restore your file. I would tend to > > mark the primary volumes as unavailable and restore from the copypool. > > That way you if you have restored to another instance you can keep your > > main instance running close to normal (except for copypool stuff) for > > however long the restore takes you. But it is a lot of work and a lot > > of fiddling about. > > > > Regards and good luck. > > > > Steve > > > > Steven Harris > > TSM Admin > > Canberra Australia. > > > > > > > > > > On 14/04/2015 10:10 PM, Gregor van den Boogaart wrote: > >> Dear List, > >> > >> the retention settings in the copygroup were to strict... The version > >> of the file we would like to restore has already been expired. :-( > >> However it is very likely the desired version of the file is still on > >> tape, as no reclamation has taken place. So my understanding would be: > >> if the file is still on tape, the "only" thing missing is the database > >> entry. Correct? > >> > >> So the question would be: How to restore already expired objects from > >> a tape cartridge? Or: How to generate database entries for all > >> versions of all objects on a tape cartridge? > >> > >> I guess the first step would be to move the respective node to a > >> copygroup, with "better" retention settings. I looked on the > >> documentation for "audit volume", but I did not get the feeling this > >> would understand checking "for inconsistencies between database > >> information and a storage pool volume" in un-expiring previously > >> expired objects... > >> > >> Any tips, pointers, ideas? > >> Perhaps I am just searching for the wrong key words? > >> > >> Gregor > >> > >> > >> >
