Hi Wanda, This indeed sounds puzzling. The only thing I can think of -- and admittedly this is a shot in the dark based on your description -- is if LAN-free is enabled for the backup server, in which case the data would be served from tape.
- Andy ____________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Raibeck | Tivoli Storage Manager Level 3 Technical Lead | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager Online documentation: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli Documentation Central/page/Tivoli Storage Manager Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli +Storage+Manager/page/Home "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> wrote on 2013-06-17 21:45:04: > From: "Prather, Wanda" <wanda.prat...@icfi.com> > To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, > Date: 2013-06-17 21:45 > Subject: Another VE mystery - restoring from tape - but shouldn't be > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> > > TSM 6.2.3 > Backup done with TSM VE 6.4.0.0 and TSM client 6.4.0.0. > > VMCTLMC points to a dedicated sequential pool on fast disk. That > pool has no NEXTSTGPOOL defined. > > VMMC points backup data to a deduplicated sequential pool on fast > disk storage. > After the server dedups it there, it migrates to a slower NAS-based > deduplicated storage pool on disk. > When that slower pool fills, data migrates out to tape. > DEDUPREQUIRESBACKUP set to YES. > (No client-side dedup used.) > > We have done full VM restores through the plug-in and file-level > restores through the recovery agent in the past, > including testing restores from tape, with no problems. > > Now one of the customer's VM datastores has met with an unfortunate > accident in a dark alley. > We need to restore 7 full VM's. > > From the dsmc command line, restore vm victim1 > datastore=newhealthyone starts up OK, but was calling for a zillion > tape mounts, and therefore was restoring at the rate of about 4GB > per 24 hours. > > So, we did MOVE NODEDATA DCNAME FILESPACE=victim1 to bring the data > from the tape back to the sequential disk pool. > Cranked up again, same result - requesting a zillion tape mounts. > > So riddle me this: > If the control information is on disk, and the filespace is back on > disk, what are the tape mounts going after? > > (FWIW, tried upgrading VE to 6.4.0.1 and data mover to 6.4.0.4, no > difference.) > Signed, > Confused by VE. Again. > > Wanda Prather | Senior Technical Specialist | wanda.prat...@icfi.com | > www.icfi.com > ICF International | 401 E. Pratt St, Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD > 21202 | 410.539.1135 (o) >