From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
>We recently had a tape eaten by one of our 3590 drives.
>
>This tape was a primary storage volume.
>
>I dutifully did the RESTORE xxxxxx PREVIEW=YES and had them 
>bring back the 24-offsite tapes it wanted.
>
>However, eventhough the restore supposedly went successfull, I 
>got the error message that "some files could not be restored".
>
>Also, every day the server complains that it can't reclaim the 
>tape since it is now marked as "destroyed".

There were probably files on the dead tape that had never made it to the
offsite pool. Therefore, there were files that "could not be restored".

>How do I figure out what wasn't restored ?   Everything should 
>have been
>on the offsite tapes ?

Run a BACKUP STG <PRIMARYPOOL> <OFFSITEPOOL> PREVIEW=YES to see if there
are any files in the same state.

>Am I going to have to do a DELETE VOL xxxxxx DISCARDDATA=YES 
>to get rid of the tape, once and for all ?

Quite possibly.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
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