> AT my DISASTER REC.SITE > we have a smaller lto library as compared to the one on our production site > if its looking for a tape while restoring and not able to do so, does it > wait till the tape is mounted before proceeding with the rest of the client > restore? or does it skips restoring that file and moves on????
If your tapes tapes are not checked in, but in state Read-Write or Read-Only, then the TSM server will issue a message requiring the checkin of a tape. Then you can safely "checkout libvol" a tape to make room in the library and "checkin libvol" the requested tape. There is a time limit: look at the "Mount Wait" time of the device class - default is 60 minutes. Only if the state of a tape is Unavailable or Offsite, the files will be skipped. Tschau Alex