If you did issue the restore vol command for this volume, then that volume
shouldn't be in the database anymore.  If that volume does still exist, then
the restore must not have been completely successful.  Try it again and see
what it says.  It should initially change the volume to 'destroyed', then
delete it once all the data is restored to another primary volume.  That's
what happened in my recent restore volume experiences anyway.

If you do a delete vol on a primary volume, then all the backups/archives
that were on that volume (even if they're also in a copy stgpool) are
deleted from the database and you will not be able to issue a
restore/retrieve to get them back.

Tina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McNamara, Sean [SMTP:sean.mcnamara AT LMCO DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 11:47 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Problem restoring a volume
>
> Hello All,
>
>         We are  using ADSM 3.1.1.5 running on AIX 4.2.1 using 3494 ATL w/
> 3590 tape drives.
>
>         We are experiencing a problem when conducting a retrieve.  The
> retrieve is attempting to pull the data off of a particular tape that is
> damaged.  We receive anr9999d error messages and messages about not being
> able to find bitfiles.   We attempted to restore the volume and it
> appeared
> to work just fine, but we are still receiving the same error messages.
>         I.B.M. was called and they suggested that I use 'del vol xxxxxx
> discard=yes', but in reading about this command it states that the primary
> copy and all other copies of the file(s) will be deleted.  I can not do
> this
> because this data has already been deleted from the filesystem.
>         My questions:
>
>         Am I correct - 'del vol xxxxxx discard=yes' will remove all
> database
> entries on these files?  Including those in the copy pools?
>
>         Is there anything else that I can try/do in order to recover this
> data from the copy storage pools if this is case?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sean
>
>
> Sean McNamara
> Lockheed Martin
> (610) 531-7259