Depending on your TSM server level, you could MOVE NODEDATA the client(s) to
a separate pool and take those tapes. If you don't want to take the primary
copy, then create a copypool and BA STGPOOL and take the copypool tapes.

Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
ZENG Brian (800043)
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:35 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TSM restore media list


I got you, Richard. This is exactly what is required from my point of view.
We need to do a diaster recovery rehearsal, which I need to get the Required
tapes to another location and restore whatever from there.

In this case, I guess only option is to bring all the offsite tapes over and
put them ALL into the library.

Another suggestion I got is to do a selective backup before DR, that way to
minimize the total time of restoration taken by having most recent data on
limited number of tapes. But what about the Database with no downtime
possible?

Thanks,
Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sims [mailto:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:26 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TSM restore media list


>        How to find out the offsite media list required for specific
restoration?
>See, if I know the file or directory path and dates to restore, is there
anyway
>to find out which tape should be used?

Brian - Whether onsite or offsite, the product provides no means for
determining
        what volumes will be needed for a restoral of specific subsets of
the
backed up environment.  There is no command of feasible SQL method for
determining
this in the general case.  Only in the simplest cases can there be any
certainty
(e.g., filespace collocation, and only one tape thus far written for the
filespace).  This drawback derives from the file-oriented nature of the
product,
where the philosophy is you should not need to be concerned with where files
are
on what tape volumes.  It's an excellent philosophy, but inconvenient when
you
are required to take some subset of your tapes to another environment to
perform
restorals there.

  Richard Sims         http://people.bu.edu/rbs