Hi all,

I have a question related to identifying the tape or volume number that a file 
(or set of files) resides on.  If I had to, for example, restore a file from 
08/01 called /home/test.file, I would identify the volume # that file is on by 
doing the following:

>From the TSM command line:
tsm> rest "/home/test.file" -fromdate=08/01/2004 -todate=08/01/2004 -pick -ina

I'd pick my file from the list, and while Tivoli attempted to load the tape 
that file is one, I'd do a "q req" from another telnet session to see which 
tape # the machine was trying to load.

This process seems to work well some of the time, but occasionally I find 
myself getting a message like:
ANS4035W File '/shared/UfsDump_20030723' currently unavailable on server
... and then the retrieve or restore gets "**Interrupted**" and you can't find 
out which tape # the file is on.

I see this same thing whether I'm doing a retrieve or a restore.  So my 
question, then:  is there a better way to identify the volume # a file, or set 
of files, resides on?  It sure seems like Tivoli would have come up with a 
better method than this.  I'm still a Tivoli newbie, so I haven't learned all 
the tricks yet.  :)  I figured if there was a better way, someone on this list 
would surely know.

Many thanks,
Chris Hund