----David Tyree wrote-----

                We are running TSM v6.3.1 on a test box and we had a drive fail 
and it has a corrupted database now and won't start.

                I did the "dsmserv remove db tsmdb1" to get rid of the old 
database and now I'm about to start the actual database restore.
                While I was waiting for the offsite database backup tape to be 
brought back onsite I issued the "dsmserv restore db" to see what would happen. 
It failed like I expected because it couldn't find the tape in the library.
                At least it's seeing the library and all the drives.
                My question is how do I check in that tape to the library?
I can physically put the tape in the library but until TSM knows that it's 
actually checked in I'm stuck.
TSM won't see it until it's checked in but TSM is down.

                How would I be able to read that tape once I get it on site?

The restore process gets all its information about tape volumes from the volume 
history file and possibly the device configuration file.

One approach recommended by some TSM sites is to use a device configuration 
file modified to show a manual library and then use a library
control utility to mount the tape when requested.

If you want to use a device configuration files that shows the actual library 
type, the process depends on the type of library.

For a SCSI library you would need to get the tape into the library and add a 
volume location record for the volume to the
device configuration file.

For a 3494 I think you would just need to put the volume in the library and use 
a library control utility to set the category
appropriately.

Thomas Denier
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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