No, can't be done. TSM does not recognize other tape formats.
And no you can't have TSM data and any other kind on the same
tape.

You can have tapes in the library that are used for other
things, tar tapes etc. but you have to be careful how you set it
up so TSM doesn't use them.

David Longo

>>> ngwso AT HK1.IBM DOT COM 08/22/02 01:12AM >>>
Hello TSMers,

I have a questions about TSM.  Is TSM able to read data directly from tape
that use TAR or CPIO to backup ?  What I would like to do is:  put a tape
into tape drive and the tape contain data that I use tar or cpio.  TSM will
be able to read the data and put these data into storage pool directly.  I
think it can't be done and one has to restore it to temp. directory and
backup using TSM, right ?

It is because TAR & CPIO was being used for backup before TSM but I want
those data back and put it in TSM.

Thanks & Regards
William



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