ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] LTO4 Tape Recovery

2017-03-10 08:46:19
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO4 Tape Recovery
From: Saravanan Palanisamy <evergreen.sarav AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:43:28 +0800
TSM v7.1.7

Regards 
Sarav 
+65 9857 8665


> On 10 Mar 2017, at 8:05 PM, Sasa Drnjevic <Sasa.Drnjevic AT SRCE DOT HR> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> Which TSM version?
> 
> I used the following long time ago... It is a long shot. I wish you luck
> 
> Get this  tsmtape0.1.tar.z  here:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tsmtape/
> 
> 
> This is an excerpt from a README:
> =================================
> 
>    Description:
>    TSMtape recovers files from a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) v5.x tape.
> 
> 
>    Detail:
>    TSM is unable to import a rogue tape that is not identified within
>    its database or restore a file located on a known tape after it has
> been expired.
>    TSMtape will allow the recovery of these files by reading a TSM v5.x
> (tested against 5.2)
>    tape and allowing restoration or listing of all files without need
> of the
>    TSM software or database.
> 
>    OS:
>    Updated to compile/run on Linux x86. gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
> 
> 
>    History:
>    TSMtape is based off adsmtape written by Thorhallur Sverrisson who
>    released the original work under GNU GPL. adsmtape targeted ADSM
>    (predecessor to TSM) v3 and was written for AIX.
>    https://sourceforge.net/projects/adsmtape/
> 
>    Build:
>    untar the files and run make.
> 
>    Usage:
>   ./TSMtape [-R|restore] <device> <Files> <Restore Path>
>        or
>   ./TSMtape [-A|--audittape] <device> <output file>
> 
>    Options:
>    -h, --help      display this help and exit
>    -A, --audit     Output list of files stored on tape with supporting
> details in csv format
>    -R, --restore   Restore "your" files ;-)
>    <Files>         File parsing can be a partial or full path, Use a
> '/' as a catchall
> 
>    -v[vv]          Print additional debugging information
> 
>   Example:
>     ./TSMtape --restore /dev/st0 /etc/shadow /tmp/recovered
>     ./TSMtape --audit /dev/st0 / /tmp/tapefiles.csv
> 
> ...
> ..
> .
> 
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> ==========================
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Sasa Drnjevic
> www.srce.unizg.hr
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>> On 10.3.2017. 5:22, Saravanan Palanisamy wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I badly need some help
>> 
>> One of the data got deleted from TSM database but tape wasn't not re-used 
>> and it's available in PCT reclaimable. This tape also never overwritten. 
>> Unfortunately I don't have TSM DB backup for the the same date.
>> 
>> We need this data and can anyone tried to recover this previously.
>> 
>> Does IBM have any other tool to recover such cases ?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Sarav
>> +65 9857 8665
>> 

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