>Date:    Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:55:08 +0400
>From:    Anton Gubarkov <Anton.Gubarkov AT SONY DOT RU>
>Subject: Destroyed volume label on DDS2 volume
>
>Hello, colleages,
>
>One unfortunate ADSM operator was stupid enough to put DDS2 volume into a
>drive without a request from the server. As a result the volume label area
>was completely wiped out. and the volume data is inaccessible. The worst
>thing is that the volume with the erased label is the one that is currently
>used for migration from disk pools. My disk pools are full and migration
>process doesn't start.
>
>I have OS/2 v1 server with SONY SDT-5000 drive. IBM PS/2 85 with IBM F/W
>SCSI-2 adapter.
>
>I would like to 1. recover data from lost volume(s) and continue my backups
>on a new one.
>regards, Anton.

One technique that you may want to try is to label the volume again with the
same volume name using the dsmlabel utility.  Since ADSM only writes the
label and does not format the tape volume, any data that is still on the
tape should become available.  I would suggest that you run an AUDIT VOLUME
against the volume to clean up any data that may have been overwritten in
the original mishap.  On you other issue, you can update the original volume
to READONLY status, which will still allow you read the data on the tape,
but will also force migration to use a new tape.  Please let me know if this
approach was successful.

DanC
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Daniel G. Crouse
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Mainstar Software Corporation
Storage and Recovery Solutions
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