restore the DB (best you can... most recent  backup copy)

     then you have to perform an audit volume against any and all volumes
     touched since the backup you restored from

     I don't believe that will give you any "new" data back... just drop
     pointers to data that doesn't exist any more on those tapes...

     I know this is a poor time to say this but
        What about those DB copies and LOG copies ?

     later,
            Dwight


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Subject: Access to tape contents without database
Author:  ling (ling AT ESBS.U-STRASBG DOT FR) at unix,mime
Date:    2/23/99 3:08 AM


Hi,

with ADSM v3, is it possible to restore data from a backup tape even if
the ADSM database is damaged ?

The fact is that I had a disk crash and the database files db1.dsm and
db2.dsm were on this disk. Now I'm unable to start the dsmserv as the
database is unavailable. Is there a way to regenerate the database from
the content of the tapes ?

Any help is much appreciated !

Thanks,

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