IBM developers: Are you listening?
It would be wonderful to be able to preview a restore so as to preload all the
tapes needed for the restore. Some of us have servers with libraries too
small
to keep all of a primary storage pool online (e.g., 3570-B11 or -B12).
Would a hairy SQL query do as a workaround?
Rich
At 07:14 PM 5/4/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Roland...
>
>Rightly or wrongly, ADSM is designed assuming that the primary copy of any
>object is onsite and available in a library or within a resonable period by
>operator loading. Copy storage pools are the mechanism for offsite storage
>(and media failure insurance). Thus ADSM was never designed with the
>thought that primary stgpool volumes would be sent offsite.
>
>By sending primary copies of files offsite, you are taking responsibility
>from ADSM for tracking what tapes contain what data.
>
>I'm not saying that what you are doing by sending primary data offsite is
>wrong, it is just outside the parameters of what ADSM was designed for.
>That is why they didn't build a 'preview' operation for data restores from
>primary tape.
>
>Cheers...
>Bruce
>
>Roland Bender wrote:
>
>> Hello to all of you!
>>
>> I face the following problem in our test scenario:
>>
>> We use the backint of SAP R3 to communicate with ADSM.
>> The most recent backup is available in the 3494 Tape Lib.
>> Older tapes stored offsite.
>>
>> When I start a restore in SAP R3, it gives ADSM the order
>> to provide the tape that is used for the restore.
>>
>> But when I start a restore from the past (maybe three day's
>> ago). ADSM has the tapes not online. Than it gives me a notice
>> in the actlog that I have 60 minutes to check the required
>> tape into the lib. I did that an restart the restore. He used
>> the required tape, but runs to the wall again with the notice
>> in the actlog for the next offsite tape used for this restore.
>>
>> I ask some people who have knowledge of ADSM. They told me that
>> it is not possible to get a list of tape-numbers required for a restore
>> before the restore session started. Is that true? (I can't belive that!)
>>
>> Hope someone can give some better fact's and info's to me.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Roland Bender
>> A IV ITBR JDS AV2
>> Germany
>>
>> PS: Maybe i should verify my concept! ;-)
>>
>> ADSM
>> Abort Disaster Strange Mistake
>
>--
>Bruce Elrick, Ph.D.
>mailto:belrick AT home DOT com
>http://members.home.net/belrick/
>
>
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