Re: LTO4 Tape Recovery

[Saravanan Palanisamy]

TSM v7.1.7

Regards 
Sarav 
+65 9857 8665


> On 10 Mar 2017, at 8:05 PM, Sasa Drnjevic  wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> Which TSM version?
> 
> I used the following long time ago... It is a long shot. I wish you luck
> 
> Get this  tsmtape0.1.tar.z  here:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tsmtape/
> 
> 
> This is an excerpt from a README:
> =
> 
>Description:
>TSMtape recovers files from a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) v5.x tape.
> 
> 
>Detail:
>TSM is unable to import a rogue tape that is not identified within
>its database or restore a file located on a known tape after it has
> been expired.
>TSMtape will allow the recovery of these files by reading a TSM v5.x
> (tested against 5.2)
>tape and allowing restoration or listing of all files without need
> of the
>TSM software or database.
> 
>OS:
>Updated to compile/run on Linux x86. gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
> 
> 
>History:
>TSMtape is based off adsmtape written by Thorhallur Sverrisson who
>released the original work under GNU GPL. adsmtape targeted ADSM
>(predecessor to TSM) v3 and was written for AIX.
>https://sourceforge.net/projects/adsmtape/
> 
>Build:
>untar the files and run make.
> 
>Usage:
>   ./TSMtape [-R|restore]   
>or
>   ./TSMtape [-A|--audittape]  
> 
>Options:
>-h, --help  display this help and exit
>-A, --audit Output list of files stored on tape with supporting
> details in csv format
>-R, --restore   Restore "your" files ;-)
> File parsing can be a partial or full path, Use a
> '/' as a catchall
> 
>-v[vv]  Print additional debugging information
> 
>   Example:
> ./TSMtape --restore /dev/st0 /etc/shadow /tmp/recovered
> ./TSMtape --audit /dev/st0 / /tmp/tapefiles.csv
> 
> ...
> ..
> .
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> Regards,
> 
> --
> Sasa Drnjevic
> www.srce.unizg.hr
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>> On 10.3.2017. 5:22, Saravanan Palanisamy wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I badly need some help
>> 
>> One of the data got deleted from TSM database but tape wasn't not re-used 
>> and it's available in PCT reclaimable. This tape also never overwritten. 
>> Unfortunately I don't have TSM DB backup for the the same date.
>> 
>> We need this data and can anyone tried to recover this previously.
>> 
>> Does IBM have any other tool to recover such cases ?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Sarav
>> +65 9857 8665
>> 

Re: LTO4 Tape Recovery

[Sasa Drnjevic]

Hi.
Which TSM version?

I used the following long time ago... It is a long shot. I wish you luck

Get this  tsmtape0.1.tar.z  here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tsmtape/


This is an excerpt from a README:
=

Description:
TSMtape recovers files from a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) v5.x tape.


Detail:
TSM is unable to import a rogue tape that is not identified within
its database or restore a file located on a known tape after it has
been expired.
TSMtape will allow the recovery of these files by reading a TSM v5.x
(tested against 5.2)
tape and allowing restoration or listing of all files without need
of the
TSM software or database.

OS:
Updated to compile/run on Linux x86. gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)


History:
TSMtape is based off adsmtape written by Thorhallur Sverrisson who
released the original work under GNU GPL. adsmtape targeted ADSM
(predecessor to TSM) v3 and was written for AIX.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/adsmtape/

Build:
untar the files and run make.

Usage:
   ./TSMtape [-R|restore]   
or
   ./TSMtape [-A|--audittape]  

Options:
-h, --help  display this help and exit
-A, --audit Output list of files stored on tape with supporting
details in csv format
-R, --restore   Restore "your" files ;-)
 File parsing can be a partial or full path, Use a
'/' as a catchall

-v[vv]  Print additional debugging information

   Example:
 ./TSMtape --restore /dev/st0 /etc/shadow /tmp/recovered
 ./TSMtape --audit /dev/st0 / /tmp/tapefiles.csv

...
..
.

==
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Regards,

--
Sasa Drnjevic
www.srce.unizg.hr














On 10.3.2017. 5:22, Saravanan Palanisamy wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I badly need some help
>
> One of the data got deleted from TSM database but tape wasn't not re-used and 
> it's available in PCT reclaimable. This tape also never overwritten. 
> Unfortunately I don't have TSM DB backup for the the same date.
>
> We need this data and can anyone tried to recover this previously.
>
> Does IBM have any other tool to recover such cases ?
>
> Regards
> Sarav
> +65 9857 8665
>

Re: LTO4 Tape Recovery

[Roger Deschner]

Index Engines machines can do this. While they can't recover all of the
metadata (which TSM mostly stores in its database) they can recover the
data itself from a TSM backup tape. You will lose some information such
as file names and owner nodenames, but you can get the data. We use
Index Engines. Go to www.indexengines.com and click on "Partners and
Resources" for companies that can do this as a service.

Roger Deschner  University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu
==I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=


On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Saravanan Palanisamy wrote:

>Folks,
>
>I badly need some help
>
>One of the data got deleted from TSM database but tape wasn't not re-used and 
>it's available in PCT reclaimable. This tape also never overwritten. 
>Unfortunately I don't have TSM DB backup for the the same date.
>
>We need this data and can anyone tried to recover this previously.
>
>Does IBM have any other tool to recover such cases ?
>
>Regards
>Sarav
>+65 9857 8665
>