RE: Where is my IFS file on tape?

Larry,

I believe you've uncovered a weakness in you backup plan.

BRMS would be able to tell you, but it doesn't sound like you used BRMS
to do the backup.

I take it you don't have a paper record of what was backed up when and
on what tape?

Charles Wilt
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Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Bolhuis
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:11 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Where is my IFS file on tape?
> 
> OK I guess I posed the question wrong. I have restored these 
> things no 
> problem for years. I know the RST command and how to DSPTAP to find 
> them. What I *DO NOT* want to do is guess at which tape the 
> file MAY be 
> on. I want to look at the object attributes of the current object and 
> know with certainty that it was backed up on Feb 27 2006 on 
> tape volume 
> VOL123. I absolutely do NOT want to have to load tape X, try the RST 
> command or DSPTAP command. It's not there. Load tape X-1. Try the 
> commands again. In this case especially the tape is in a Data Center 
> miles away. We have to call them and have tapes mounted. Getting the 
> right tape loaded this way could take days!
> 
> - Larry
> 
> Rob Dixon wrote:
> > Larry Bolhuis wrote:
> >
> > The command should be of the form
> >
> > RST DEV('/QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD') OBJ(('/myobject')) 
> LABEL(SAV?????) SEQNBR(NN)
> >
> > At least, this has worked with V5R1 for me on several 
> occasions when the IFS has 
> > been saved usng the SAV command.  Problem is that you have 
> to find the 
> > label using DSPTAP.  I have never had more than one tape to 
> search so it 
> > hasn't taken too long.  You also have to get the path right for OBJ
> >
> > Hope this works
> >
> > Rob Dixon
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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