maybe all wrong, but off the top it sounds like your tape drive was already
in use prior to your restore, and it's waiting for a subsequent volume.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gehan G. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Possible restore failure??
>
>
> Hello happy list friends,
>  I have a tape with some misc. files on it I would like to do a
> partial restore from.  I entered the commands:
> FILE T;DEV=13
> RESTORE *T;CODES.SOURCE.MUB3;SHOW
> Then it spits back out:
> >> TURBO-STORE/RESTORE  VERSION  C.60.07  B5152AA  <<
>            (C) 1986 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
> RESTORE  *T;CODES.SOURCE.MUB3;SHOW
> MON, DEC 23, 2002,  3:31 PM
> WILL RESTORE 1 FILES  ; NUMBER OF FILES ON MEDIA 14950
> FILENAME GROUP ACCOUNT  VOLUME RESTRICTIONS SECTORS CODE MEDIA
>
>  In the past it would then start streaming information about the
> file I'm restoring, and then print a summery of info at the end.
> But for some reason this one doesn't do anything.
>  I know the file is on the tape becuse I can do a listdir
> @.source.mub3 I see it there.
>  It has been sitting at this location for over an hour. I tried
> resting the tape by taking it out and putting it back in. Then I
> get a messege saying that media is same as previously requested.
> But it still sit's there. I've aborted it and tried a different
> file on the tape in which the same thing happens.
>  I tried restoring files from a differnet tape on that drive and
> it worked just fine. So I'm pretty sure it's not the drive. The
> only things I can think of are...
>  It's a bad tape, or it's a software issue. I don't think the
> tape is bad becuse I can do a @[log in to unmask]@ listdir and I see all the
> files stream by. So I guess if It can read the filenames, it
> should be able to restore them, or at least it should send back
> an error that it can't read the tape..
>  Or it's a software issue. I would be inclined to think that's
> the case due to lack of error messeges, or a compatiblity issue
> if this tape was written with a different version then the turbo
> store we currently have....
>
>  Anyone have any suggestions on direction that I can take to
> diagnose this problem? I would really like to recover a few
> files off this tape if possible...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> GehanG
>
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