RE: Restoring a single IFS Folder from Tape(s)

["Reger, Bill" <BillR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice idea, unfortunately from the DSPTAP output, there is one Volume ID only
- TAP001.  I'm going to try it anyway, though I'm pretty sure it'll say
"Volume not found" or something similar.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Johnson [mailto:brian.johnson.mn@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:03 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Restoring a single IFS Folder from Tape(s)


Just a guess:

RST ... VOL(MTH9901)


On 6/5/07, Reger, Bill <BillR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have 4 tapes, created with the SAV command, that contain a series of IFS
> Directories (one per month), each containing hundreds/thousands of Image
> documents.  I would like to restore only the first directory that is at
> the
> beginning of the first tape (MTH9901).  But when I run the RST command, it
> successfully restores the directory, restores all its documents, but then
> continues reading through the tape.  Worse still, when it reads to the end
> of the first tape, it asks for the next tape.  Ughhh ...
>
> These directories are stored on the 4 tapes in order - I spent 3 days of
> computer time displaying all 4 tapes to print so I'd know what I
> have.  How
> can I make the RST command stop at the end of the first directory?  (FYI,
> current RST command shown below)
>
> Bill
>
> RST        DEV('/QSYS.LIB/TAP02.DEVD') +
>              OBJ(('/LANDRIVE/MTH9901/*' *INCLUDE *SAME)) +
>              CRTPRNDIR(*YES) ALWOBJDIF(*ALL)
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