I manually put the tape in the library and then did some hacking around in the devconfig file to tell TSM just where the tape was.
Fired off the restore db command again and I saw the library mount the correct tape. Now I'm seeing a db restore running so I think I'm in business now. I understand that a db restore takes about 2 to 3 times as long as a db backup so it should finish in about 3 hours or so... Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. David Tyree System Administrator South Georgia Medical Center 229.333.1155 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 15:46 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] corrupted db on test system ----David Tyree wrote----- We are running TSM v6.3.1 on a test box and we had a drive fail and it has a corrupted database now and won't start. I did the "dsmserv remove db tsmdb1" to get rid of the old database and now I'm about to start the actual database restore. While I was waiting for the offsite database backup tape to be brought back onsite I issued the "dsmserv restore db" to see what would happen. It failed like I expected because it couldn't find the tape in the library. At least it's seeing the library and all the drives. My question is how do I check in that tape to the library? I can physically put the tape in the library but until TSM knows that it's actually checked in I'm stuck. TSM won't see it until it's checked in but TSM is down. How would I be able to read that tape once I get it on site? The restore process gets all its information about tape volumes from the volume history file and possibly the device configuration file. One approach recommended by some TSM sites is to use a device configuration file modified to show a manual library and then use a library control utility to mount the tape when requested. If you want to use a device configuration files that shows the actual library type, the process depends on the type of library. For a SCSI library you would need to get the tape into the library and add a volume location record for the volume to the device configuration file. For a 3494 I think you would just need to put the volume in the library and use a library control utility to set the category appropriately. Thomas Denier Thomas Jefferson University Hospital The information contained in this transmission contains privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. CAUTION: Intended recipients should NOT use email communication for emergent or urgent health care matters.
