Geoff,
I would just do a RESTORE VOL XXX PREVIEW=YES
and check actlog (per earlier post) and see how many tapes
are involved. It may be simpler to restore than anything and
I have found it to be about 100% reliable. It's never
taken me more than about an hour to do - even when I had 20
tapes nee
>As I've been taking a look at the whole situation I find it is very
>confusing. The tape case has a small corner, right at where the blue plastic
>leader attached to the end of the tape, pulled out so it will not pop back
>in and stay there. I have tried to bend the plastic back but it is very
>l
>Geoff - The question is, "How broken?" With a 3590, it's usually the
>tape being snapped within a few inches of the leader block.
Richard,
As I've been taking a look at the whole situation I find it is very
confusing. The tape case has a small corner, right at where the blue plastic
le
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
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Subject: Re: broken tape
>I'm going through my first experience with a broken tape and I'd like to
>know how to clean this up. Since the tape is broke
: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:00 AM
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Subject: Re: broken tape
Many years back I posted a note along the lines of "a poor mans guide to
fixing a snapped 3590"
I believe #2 pencil & pair of round nose safety scissors was all that was
required.
I'm sure it is out at
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Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:36 AM
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Subject: Re: broken tape
>I'm going through my first experience with a broken tape and I'd like to
>know how to clean this up. Since the tape is broken it obviously can't be
>mounted
>I'm going through my first experience with a broken tape and I'd like to
>know how to clean this up. Since the tape is broken it obviously can't be
>mounted to extract data. ...
Geoff - The question is, "How broken?" With a 3590, it's usually the
I'm going through my first experience with a broken tape and I'd like to
know how to clean this up. Since the tape is broken it obviously can't be
mounted to extract data. So how will TSM get the data, from my offsite
volumes I assume? I'm guessing I can preview anythin
