Hi Jim, AFAIK you can do it using 2 methods: 1. Move Nodedata <NodeName> fromstg=CurrentSTG (This will consolidate all of the node's data from across the STG to as few tapes possible) 2. Move Nodedata <NodeName> fromstg=CurrentSTG ToSTG=Diskpool Maxpr=<maxdrives> (This will move all the data to your Diskpool, just make sure the diskpool doesn't migrate the data out before the restore)
I have found that even if you move the data to 1 or 2 tapes the restore - especially if theres a lot of files - still tapes quite some time. I use the Diskpool option and it works great Regards Louw Pretorius _______________________________ Informasie Tegnologie Stellenbosch Universiteit There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Zajkowski Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 01:11 To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Pre-fetching a restore? Hi folks, I'm working on our internal "late night admin guide," and one of the things I'm thinking of is how can I get TSM prepared to do a restore. Here's what I mean: let's say I know that there is going to be some filesystem maintenance on a client. Since we've been burned by that kind of operation in the past, I'd like TSM to prefetch the appropriate data from tape and have it ready to go (on disk) for a restore. Archives would do the trick except that uses the client, potentially during business hours. Backupsets look like they might work but they're kind of rigid... can a backupset be restored followed by restoring the latest incrementals? So I could create a backupset on Friday before the procedure on Saturday, and then be able to restore the incremental we took before beginning the disk operation after that? Am I out of my tree? Do people do this? Thanks, --Jim
