Resuming the Restore Storage (RSTSTG) operation

You can use this procedure to resume the restore storage operation that ended before the entire restore operation of the disk unit data was completed.

To start the RSTSTG operation again, follow these steps:

From the Dedicated Service Tools (DST) menu, select option 9 (Work with save storage and restore storage) and press the Enter key.
Select option 2 (Resume restore storage) and press the Enter key.

If the following display is shown, load the tape that is indicated and press the Enter key.

                           Resume Restore Storage
 
Do the following:
 
 1.  Locate the tape to resume the restore on.  The tape
     that was being read when the restore storage was
     interrupted has the following identification:
         Volume identifier  . . . . . . . . :  ________
         Sequence number  . . . . . . . . . :  ____
 2.  Insert the tape in the tape device.
 3.  Make the tape device ready, if necessary.
 
Note:
  If the restore storage was interrupted because of a media
  error on a tape, you might want to resume the restore
  storage on the tape following the failing tape.  If you
  resume the restore storage on that tape, the system will
  have damaged objects, and the system might not be able to
  perform and IPL to i5/OS when the restore storage is complete.
 
Press Enter to continue.

If the wrong volume is loaded, the Device Intervention Required display with a message at the bottom is shown. Type the name of the correct volume or file, and press the Enter key.
The restore storage operation starts again.

If the restore storage operation continues to fail on the same tape with a tape media failure, you have the following three options:

Use a previous copy of your save storage tapes to completely restore storage.
Resume the restore storage operation by using the tape following the tape with the media error. If the tape that has the media error is the last tape to restore in the set, option 3 (Force end of an interrupted restore storage) on the Restore Storage menu should be selected.
Attention: Some disk unit data is not restored. There might also be many objects that are damaged on the system when the restore operation completes. An initial program load of the operating system might not be successful. You should restore the operating system again.
Initialize your system and then begin a restore of your system from the tapes that were created using Save System (SAVSYS) and Save Library (SAVLIB) commands or options from the Save menu.