>      I want to restore a test TSM database from a backup of the production
> database. The test TSM does not know about the database backup volumes I
> will be using. I have the volume list from the disaster recovery plan from
> the production instance and have the necessary JCL generated. The problem
> I am having is that the volume list in the disaster recovery plan is
> sorted by VOLSER. The documentation states that the volumes should be
> restored in the order that they were written. Is there any way to
> determine what order the volumes were written?
>
> I am running ADSM 3.1 in production and TSM 4.1 in the test environment on
> an OS390 machine.

We also have an OS/390 server. I just looked at our latest disaster recovery
plan. As far as I can tell, the volume list mentioned above is intended for
use by tape librarians who have to send the necessary volumes to the recovery
site. The volume history file contains the information the database restore
needs to request volumes in the right order. Some of the batch jobs in the
recovery plan recreate the server options file and the volume history file.
The database restore job includes a DD statement pointing to the server
options file. The server options file includes a line specifying the dataset
name of the volume history file. The database restore job presumably opens the
DCB for the server options file, scans the options file for the name of the
volume history file, allocates the volume history file dynamically, and scans
the volume history file for the volume serial numbers needed for the restore.