We used to call this the "Hail Mary" restore, because some prayer is
involved...
If expiration and reclamation has run, it's possible that the old files are
no longer physically on any tape.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Page, Jennifer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:58 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: SUMMARY:Archive recovery
>
>
> Thanks.
> That's the answer we got from IBM as well.
>
> IBM gave us the following plan(if we chose to implement):
>
> 1) backup current copy of ADSM database
> 2) restore old version of database
> 3) get file from tapes
> 4) restore today's version of ADSM database back
>
> Thanks again for the prompt reply!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Archive recovery
>
>
> No. To do that you would have to restore your TSM data base back to a
> time
> when it still contained the pointers to that tape.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Page, Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Archive recovery
>
>
> ....looked in archive list but did not find and answer, new to
> list..........
>
> Can we restore data from a tape that has been deleted from the ADSM
> database, but we still have physical copy of?
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
>
