TSM restore error: ans5042e data is not available on server.

ANS... are client messages. Please look at the server's activity log to find related information. The server log should tell which tapes are needed. It might actually be that these tapes are offline, but they could also be marked "unavailable" by the server.
There are ways to find out which tape a file is stored on, but this is a lengthy and/or complicated thing.

wool,
thanks in advance. Please can you give me a command to check the activity log from now to 6 hours ago?

For today:

Q ACTLOG BEGINT=-06:00 ENDT=NOW

To search past days you'll have to specify BEGIND in the form e. g. for "yesterday 2 PM until now":
Q ACTLOG BEGIND=-1 BEGINT=14:00 ENDD=TODAY ENDT=NOW

Wool, sadly i can not find nothing on the activity log. please can you give me the process to know in which tape is the information to restore?


Thanks a lot.

Did you use the correct query format? I mean, did you find any messages at all issued at or around the time in question?

wool, i fond a lot of data , but near the time  when the restore was launched we have an issue and the server was down. so there is information but related to the reboot process. nothing related to the restore.

If there was trouble with the server around the time of the restore attempt - did you try to repeat it? Could it be that due to the server issues the tape/tapes have become "unavailable"? Check with
Q VOL ACC=UNAVA

Wool,
            i checked the q act  command and i found this:

                         started in the BACKGROUND at 11:51:19. (PROCESS: 2)
09/22/2017 11:51:19      ANR0811I Inventory client file expiration started as
                          process 2. (PROCESS: 2)
09/22/2017 11:51:19      ANR4896I Inventory client file expiration is restarting
                          process 199 from 09/21/2017. (PROCESS: 2)
09/22/2017 11:51:19      ANR2803I License manager started.
09/22/2017 11:51:19      ANR8200I TCP/IP Version 4 driver ready for connection with
                          clients on port 1500.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1659L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1634L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1645L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1671L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1654L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1635L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1656L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1640L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1648L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1650L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1626L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1649L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1661L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1823L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1662L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1627L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume GO1709L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1833L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1837L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1706L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1831L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1638L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1643L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1834L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume DP0350L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume DP0354L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume DP0353L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume GO1827L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume GO1715L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume GO1839L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1412W Volume GO1824L5 access mode is "unavailable".
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume GO1663L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume DP0357L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR1414W Volume DP0342L5 access mode is "read-only" due to
                          previous write error.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR2828I Server is licensed to support Tivoli Storage
                          Manager Basic Edition.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR2828I Server is licensed to support Tivoli Storage
                          Manager Extended Edition.
09/22/2017 11:51:20      ANR0165I Inventory file expiration started processing for
                          node VWARCOSVSP001, filespace
                          VWARCOSVSP001\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState,
                          copygroup BACKUP and object type GROUP BASE. (PROCESS: 2)

Seems like all the volumes are in unavailable state!

Maybe this is the issue, how can i put them on available status again?

Thanks!!

Run, volume by volume:

UPD VOL GO1659L5  ACC=READWR

ok i´ll do that and probably run the restore next monday. I´ll back to you then. Thanks a lot Wool, you are awesome,!

Good luck 🍀, and have a nice weekend!

Hello Wool,
                      sadly , after update the volumes status from unavailable to read/write , i ran the  restore again and the data was not available on those volumes. Please , can you give me the steps to find the data on the volumes outside the library? i know  it will be a tedious process but i really need the data


Thanks in advance.

wool,
           fortunately i have the volumes (lto tapes) in a safe box , so i know exactly the names of each one. I´ll try this and i´ll back to you with the results.

Thanks again as usual. you are top notch! :)

Santiago.

Please note that the above query consists of one single line. If you need line breaks use " -" (space dash) as the continuation character.


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Wool!
           This method went perfect. i found the file i need. Thanks a lot and excuse me for the delay in my response.

Thanks again.

Santi.