Yes, files can be restored directly from copy pool tapes.

If your primary tape is marked as Destroyed or Unavailable, AND the copy
pool tape is available (read only or read/write), *SM will just go ahead and
mount the appropriate copy pool tape.

So when you get to your recovery site, you will need to mark the 4 primary
tapes as "Destroyed" or "unavailable".  Then you will need to mark your 4
copy pool tapes as "read only" (instead of OFFSITE).  That's it!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Brown [SMTP:tbrown AT CENHUD DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:23 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      restore of primary storage pool from copy storage pool
> question ???
>
>
>
> have primary storage pool with 4 volumes, have copy storage pool with 4
> volumes.
>
> situation:  will be testing our os390 system including adsm restoration
> at our disaster
> recovery site. would like to leave the primary storage pool volumes at
> my production
> site and take only the copy storage pool tapes to the disaster site.
>
> question 1 : can files be restored directly from copy storage pool
> volumes or do they have to
>                   be restored to primary storage pool volumes first
>
> question 2 :  if i marked the 4 primary storage pool volumes as damaged
> once i was at
>                     the disaster site would the restore storage pool
> command then recreate
>                     4 new primary storage pool tapes or would the 4 copy
> storage pool tapes just get.
>                     flagged as primary without an actual copy being
> done...
>
> tim brown
> chge
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