Re: Where is my IFS file on tape?

Larry Bolhuis wrote:

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