Wouldn't doing q volhist type=export, on the system they were exported from
give you the tape numbers, and shouldn't they be in the proper order?
Wouldn't the activity log also show you what order they were created?

Thanks,

Geoff Gill
TSM Administrator
PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator
SAIC M/S-G1b
(858)826-4062
Email: geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com



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Gerald
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:10 AM
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Subject: Import Node

I've been given a large number of tapes to import that are TSM
exports. I notice the import process requires you to import them in
the order they were exported. The problem is I don't know what that
order is. I tried my first tape and it was sequence 4 when it wanted
sequence 1.

Apparently I need to figure out the order. Is there some way to do
this soley from the tapes?

I attempted to run an import command with preview=yes against each
tape since it gripes and tells me the sequence when it fails. I was
hoping it would become clear on what the order is. Unfortunately there
are multiple occurances of sequences.. more then one sequence 2, 3, 4,
etc.. So i'm not sure this strategy is paying off.

If anyone has done this before and has an easy way to identify what
import order to use please let me know.

Thanks!