Sorry, Richard, you are correct that the tape does not need to be marked
destroyed before the restore is run.

It is, however, good practice to immediately mark a tape destroyed if it has
been destroyed physically or you simply can't find it.  I have a customer
who is going through this situation due to some change of personnel and lost
tapes.

Bill Smoldt
STORServer, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:52 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Damage tape again .....

>>I need to be sure about the correct steps to manage a damage tape and
>>the fastest way:
>>
>>   1. Did I need to make a MOVE DATA and AUDIT VOL fix=yes instead to
>>do right away  a RESTORE VOL  from the copypool (I think I will gain
>>time ...) and a DEL VOL of the damage tape.

>1. No, you don't have to do the move data first.  You might not even
>have the original tape if it were lost or broken. Before you do the
>restore volume, you must mark it destroyed, however.  ...

Let us once and for all dispense with the seemingly self-propagating myth
that a tape must be marked Destroyed before running Restore Volume.  The
command description clearly states:

  "This command changes the access mode of the specified volumes to
DESTROYED."

Let's not confuse the folks new to TSM, who have enough difficult detail to
absorb.

     thanks,  Richard Sims, BU