I'm not sure what they were, as we started with version 2, but
if I recall past discussions on this list, they were added on
because Version 1 lacked a database backup and restore
functionality. They were, literally, "salvage" utilities, to be
used in the same circumstances that you would now use
'dsmerv restoredb'

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Justin Bleistein wrote:

>I've been reading and from what I read ADSM version 1 had some database
>salvaging commands for disaster recovery stuff... Does anyone have a list
>of these old commands and what they do?
>
>Thanks!.
>
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