> hi remco post, thx for your answer.
> err no i do not have backup volh, but my volh file is ok and
> there is the
> DBBackups definitions inside of it.
> i've a copy of volh file in another place (simply a cp)
>
> q volh type=dbb returns only the dbbackup of the day, this
> morning 06:30.
>
> is it possible to restore the volh "db" from the volh file ?
>
>
> in fact i have to :
> 1 * restore the DB for the 2003/03/13,

Yes, in the dsmserver.opt file, you have a pointer to a volhist file,
that file is used to find the volhist, if the right dbbackup tape is in
there, you are save, aternatively, you could explicitly state the
volumenumber to retore the database from....

> 2 * export FS for the node FOOBAR
> 3 * restore the today's DB
> 4 * import node FOOBAR fs=exported_fs
>

Maybe (if you have enough resources, you could restore the db to a
testinstance of the server, do an export from there, so you don't have
to retore your production db....

> i launched dsmserv restore db todate=03/13/2003 source=dbb preview=yes
> and it found the good virtual volume on remote server.
>
> i think, for phase 1 and 2, "update volumes * access=reado"
> for not write
> on volumes which was in scratch state the 2003/03/13
> what do you think about it ?
>
> David
>

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Remco