AW: [ADSM-L] No Multi-session restore after multi session backup

2005-08-09 Thread Thomas Rupp
Hi Andy, thanks for your reply. So I can stop with my multisession restore tests as TSM itself decides wether it uses one or more drives for ist "multi session" restore ;-) Greetings from Austria Thomas

Re: No Multi-session restore after multi session backup

2005-08-09 Thread Andrew Raibeck
Hi Thomas, How multisession restore decides to use multiple sessions is somewhat dependent on timing and other unpredictable run-time factors. There is no guarantee two files will be restored with separate sessions (in parallel) just because they happen to reside on two separate tapes. Regards,

Re: No Multi-session restore after multi session backup

2005-08-09 Thread Mark D. Rodriguez
Thomas, My guess is that you are not doing a "No Query Restore" (NQR). The only way TSM will do a multisession restore is if you are doing a NQR. And the trick with this is that it mus be an unrestricted wild card specification on the restore command. If you look in the client reference guide

No Multi-session restore after multi session backup

2005-08-07 Thread Thomas Rupp
Hi *SM-ers, TSM Server: 5.2.6.0 TSM Client: 5.3.0.0 on Windows 2003 I backup a Directory with 2 Files each 5GB in size in parallel to two tape drives. When I do a restore via GUI one session starts and restores file 1. When the file is restored and the tape drive goes idle a second session is sta