There have been times when the output from "dsmc q backup" was useful to a 
customer. Ideally they narrow down what they're interested in.

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On Tuesday, October 02, 2007, at 09:05AM, "Bell, Charles (Chip)" <Chip.Bell AT 
BHSALA DOT COM> wrote:
>I have a vendor asking some application folks questions re: an upcoming data
>migration. Some I think I can answer, but I would love your input.
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>1.     What is the best way to give the application owner a view of last
>night's backup? He only wanted last night's backup info, and understands that
>it is an incremental, so should I just send the output of 'q content
>vol-name-here' to a document and send it to him? If so, how can I determine
>what tape that data is on in primary storage? I'm assuming a select
>statement?
>2.     Can I make a copy of a tape from a primary storage, while keeping the
>original copy in the library? My gut says no, but they asked...
>3.     Does the vendor have to have a TSM client to read a tape with only
>TSM backup data on it?
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>Your input would be extremely valuable to me, and of course, greatly
>appreciated. I apologize if these are rookie questions, but I'm in a
>befuddled funk right now.  :-)
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>God bless you!!!
>
>Chip Bell
>Network Engineer I
>IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional
>Baptist Health System
>Birmingham, AL
>Cell (256) 347-7294
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