Sung,

If you read the Administrator's Reference Guide it explains it clearly.
"dsmserv format" can only be followed by a "dsmserv restore db", however
a "dsmserv loadformat" can be followed by either a "dsmserv restore db"
or a "dsmserv loaddb".  The "dsmserv loadformat" is a newer command that
was added in order to support the "dsmserv loaddb" command.  If you are
doing a DB restore where all the DB and LOG volumes are being recreated
then traditionally people use the the "dsmserv format" command.

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Mark D. Rodriguez
President MDR Consulting, Inc.

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Sung Y Lee wrote:

I was not looking for any particular platform... how about for AIX.

Sung Y. Lee

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/24/2005
12:51:58 PM:

what is your platform?

sunglee AT US.IBM DOT COM 02/24/2005 12:34:10 PM >>>

Howdy folks,

For your environment which steps do you use to recover TSM at DR
location?
1)dsmfmt TSM DB and Recovery logs
2)dsmserv format # /TSMlog #/TSMdb log
3)dsmserv restore db

or

1)dsmfmt TSM DB and Recovery logs
2)dsmserv loadformat # /TSMlog #/TSMdb log
3)dsmserv restore db

I am trying to understand if there are any difererence in between
dsmserv
format and dsmserv loadformat when restoring TSM DB.
I have read the manuals, but this information was not clear to me.
Thanks,


Sung Y. Lee