Chris

Could be a couple of reasons.  Are you trying to restore the archive data as
the user who initially performed the archives?

Failing that, it could be to do with a "rogue filespaces" problem we had
only last week.  Our users archive on a daily basis and we had log files to
prove that the data was on the ADSM server.

However when we attempted a retrieve (or q archive) we could not see the
data.  I performed some select statements on the ADSM server to confirm that
the data was actually there!

Eventually I found that some rogue filespaces were being created.  I suggest
you do a "df" (are you on UNIX?)  and a "dsmc q files" on the client.  You
might see that some extra filespaces have been added to ADSM which are not
really filespaces.  For example last week we had:

*       a filesystem called /oradata/test1-01, under which we had archived
all subdirectries and files.
*       The user could not retrieve data from the directory
/oradata/test1-01/static
*       adsm had created a rogue filespace called /oradata/test1-01/static.
(which was not a fs but a directory).  This extra mount point was causing
problems.
*       the server confirmed that no data was backed up under the filespace
of /oradata/test1-01/static (via q occu)
*       I deleted the filespace /oradata/test1-01/static from the adsm
server and the user could retrieve the data.  Alternatively try putting {}
round the fs name in the retrieve command.

I have since found out that on one of my ADSM servers there are  some 1000+
of these rogue filespaces, which are not filesystems but directories.
Something strange is going on.
Let me know how you can get on.

Richard.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharp, Chris [SMTP:chris.sharp AT PMSC.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: 24 November 1999 13:06
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      I cannot restore data (and keep getting this message
> returned!)
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Please help.......
>         I am trying to retrieve data that was archived about two weeks
> ago,
> I have and archive pool on disk which migrates down to a tape pool, I have
> audited all the archive pools and tapes and have found no errors, but when
> we try to retrieve the data we are getting to the same point and are then
> getting a message from the client of 'file not found' at which point the
> retrieve exits, with no other options. I need to get this data back
> desperately PLEASE help...
>
>
> Chriss.


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