ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Reading tape without TSM

2011-06-17 08:59:19
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reading tape without TSM
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:53:57 -0400
On Jun 17, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Meuleman, Ruud wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> A tape written by TSM isn't readable by TSM anymore. ...

This begs the question as to whether the tape is readable at all.
See if you can make any read progress with utilities such as tapeutil or dd.  
Try on all available drives to see if one can get through it.  If you can, copy 
it.  If not, recover it from your copy pool, per standard procedures.

I would not try to use TSMTape as long as the prevailing TSM db correlates with 
that tape.

     Richard Sims