To keep it simple....

1. has to be a no, unless you have an alternative method of knowing what is
on your tape volumes... with the volume history file you wouldn't know which
is your dbbackup tape(s)

2. You do not need to know the admin password as you do the restore using
dsmserv interactively with paramters. once the restore is complete you can
then run dsmserv to open an interactive session to create new or modiy your
admin accounts.

3. I am certain I have read old articles on here and the answser has been
no.

4. To detemine whether or not there any special considerations depends on
what you are trying to achieve. If you are writing a D/R documentation, then
the first and most important consideration in my viewpoint is having the TSM
software available offsite. You can't restore your TSM service without the
software in the first place! Following this you need your volume history
(the device config file is up to opinion but it is a nicety) available
offsite.You can't restore your TSM service without the software in the first
place!

Hope this falls in line with your thoughts.

Cheers

Andy Wilcox
Midrange Services
Aquila Networks Services Ltd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [SMTP:GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM]
> Sent: 28 March 2003 14:49
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Returned mail - Repost
>
> For whatever reason I had this returned to me saying I was not authorized
> to
> send to the list so I'm going to try again.
>
> A few questions to help me with a document I need to put together and
> verify
> my own beliefs. Don't want to put out bogus info.
>
> 1. If you do not have the volhist file, but you do have all the tapes, is
> it
> possible to restore the "last" dbbackup to the TSM server?
>
> 2. Is it possible to restore the DB to a server if you don't have an admin
> user and password?
>
> 3. Is there a utility to read any tapes outside of TSM?
>
> 4. Any other special considerations I need to know?
>
>
> Geoff Gill
> TSM Administrator
> NT Systems Support Engineer
> SAIC
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