Problem restoring "deleted" filespace

fourie

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PREDATAR Control23

Hi Folks

One of my disk arrays crashed, and I only realized it a day later. By then, TSM had already "backed up" the empty file space (with one file in it). It now only ever shows me the empty file space when I try to restore. The backups of the complete file space still occurred two days ago (visible in the logs) and the occupancy of the file space is listed correctly.

But whenever I try to do a point in time restore for 3 days ago, the system keeps saying that nothing matches the query.

Any advice would be appreciated!

The command I am using is:

restore -pitd=2/9/2015 -pitt=13:00:00 /cluster1/* -sub=yes

Best regards!

Fourie
 
PREDATAR Control23

You can check what's available:
dsmc query backup /cluster1/* -sub=yes -inactive

That will list you everything that is available for restore. If you don't see what you need, it means it's already expired.
 
PREDATAR Control23

Thanks for the response!

So what I cam getting at the moment for one of the missing files just as an example:

> select * from backups where node_name="WONKOFS.BI.UP.AC.ZA" and ll_name="blast.sh"

FILESPACE_NAME: /cluster1
FILESPACE_ID: 5
STATE: ACTIVE_VERSION
TYPE: FILE
HL_NAME: /home/fourie/
LL_NAME: blast.sh
OBJECT_ID: 141178472
BACKUP_DATE: 2011-07-20 23:47:29.000000
DEACTIVATE_DATE:
OWNER: fourie
CLASS_NAME: DEFAULT

The database shows the file and it is the active version, but when I try to restore it:

dsmc restore /cluster1/home/fourie/blast.sh
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface
Client Version 6, Release 2, Level 1.0
Client date/time: 02/14/2015 13:55:29
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Node Name: WONKOFS.BI.UP.AC.ZA
Session established with server TSM: Linux/x86_64
Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 6.0
Server date/time: 02/14/2015 13:55:29 Last access: 02/14/2015 09:46:54

Restore function invoked.

ANS1302E No objects on server match query


I am not sure why I can see the files on the database, but cannot restore them?

Best regards!

Fourie
 
PREDATAR Control23

Are you restoring on the same machine you did the backup?

You could try:
Code:
dsmc restore {/cluster1}/home/fourie/blast.sh
This will force TSM to know that /cluster1 is a filespace, sometimes it helps.
 
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