Hi Brenda, I'm not certain what the thrust of your question is. If you mean, "can TSM read the tapes", the answer is "no", at least not unless you restore the database to a point in time where those tapes were known to the server.
If the server database is completely destroyed and you have no backups, then TSM cannot read the tapes. You would need to contact IBM technical support for assistance with rescuing the data from the tapes; that process is outside the scope of what is formally supported, and requires a special contract and fees beyond the standard support contract (with no guarantee of success). On the other hand, if you are asking whether someone could use some kind of other tool to read the tapes and get data off of them... the answer is "yes", though we do not document any process for doing this. TSM does nothing to overwrite, erase, or otherwise protect the data on the tapes, so it's still there. You can search the ADSM-L archives using criteria raibeck tape security for prior discussion along these lines. See http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0502/323/3.html for a specific post that discusses this in some detail. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2006-05-31 13:32:37: > Does anyone know whether data can be read from tapes that are expired and > brought back from off-site? Is there any documentation stating how this > data is protected? > > > Brenda Collins > Storage Management > IBM Global Services > > Phone: 763-390-5627 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
