Another one of the problems I have with TSM is this issue. At the time I
had the same issue as you Wira. I went through a lengthy test trace with
IBM a few years ago and found that was the only way to get a list of
tapes the system needed for the restore. As I recall the list seemed to
be in order of use. 

 
Geoff Gill 
TSM Administrator 
PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator 
SAIC M/S-G1b 
(858)826-4062 
Email: geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com 


Hi,
   I used TSM for long time. Until now I'm still feel bad every time
when I
have to restore data especially when restore data from API (TDP for
oracle
and backup image). The restore data size is very huge so they need more
than
one volume to restore. Unfortunable I cannot maintain all backup volumes
in
the library. So there are some volumes place out of library. Every time
I
plan to setup restore schedule in the night but I cannot reliably that
the
restore will be compeleted because I don't know which volume should
checked
in before. Any idea please suggest.

Best Regards,

Wira Chinwong
Engineering Department Manager

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