Gerald,

I recommend reading Richard Sim's
Quick Facts on this subject.

Point your browser at
http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts
and search for "Restoral preview"

Regards,

Alexander

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Alexander Verkooijen
Senior Systems Programmer
High Performance Computing
SARA Computing & Networking Services


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Gerald Wichmann
> Sent: donderdag 19 februari 2004 23:27
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Querying What tapes you need for a restore?
> 
> 
> Is there a way to query a list of tapes needed for a given 
> restore prior to
> doing the restore such that you can ensure all those tapes are in your
> library prior to kicking off the restore? I think the normal mode of
> operation is if you were to do a restore that involved 
> several tapes and
> some tapes were in your library and some were not, it would 
> move along fine
> with those tapes it has but the restore would halt and issue 
> a mount request
> for those that aren't in the library. I'd like to avoid that 
> mount request
> and just ensure all the tapes are in the library beforehand.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
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