>From my experience, you need to "resubmit" the mount request. Do

        vmoprcmd

and note that the request for your tape is pending. Note the request id and
do:

        vmoprcmd -resubmit ID

                                                - Bluejay Adametz

Definition: Kedophobia n. The fear of having one's sneakers eaten by the
escalator's teeth. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonas Blåberg [mailto:jonas.blaberg AT cellnetwork DOT com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 05:30
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] restore from offline volume
> 
> 
> Hello! 
> 
> I initiated a restore from a volume that was offline (not in 
> the robot).
> So I inserted the volume in the robot, made an "inventory robot" and
> waited for the restore to find out that the volume was online. But the
> restore just timed out after 25 minutes, and I had to initiate a new
> restore.
> 
> Is it possible to tell an ongoing restore that an formerly offline
> volume has been online? 
> 
> /jonas 
> 
> 
> 
> Jonas Blåberg 
>   Cell Network Sverige AB 
>   Kruthusgatan 17,6 
>   S-411 04 Göteborg 
> jonas.blaberg AT cellnetwork DOT com 
> office: +46-(0)31-739 84 54 
> mobile: +46-(0)709-95 00 68 
> 
> 
>