Storix Software SBAdmin TSM Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 108)

block size was set to any other value by another application or when the drive was reconfigured, you will
need to set the block size to 0 again before you can read an SBAdmin backup.
Rebuild (unexpire) a Backup Label
Normally, when a TSM backup is expired within SBAdmin, the backup is actually removed from the TSM server.
In this case, the backup is no longer accessible. For backups to tape, however, the backup label information
still exists on the tape itself, even if a backup label bas been expired and removed, and can therefore be
recovered.
As stated in the many warnings you received when you pushed that " expire " button, it is not possible to restore
from a backup once the label has been removed. Should you find a SBAdmin tape backup that not known to this
administrator; this option will read through the contents of the tape and rebuild the label. Once that is
accomplished, you may restore from the backup normally.
To rebuild the backup label, select Utilities !Rebuild (unexpire) a Backup Label from the menu bar. A screen
similar to the following will appear:
Use the arrow button to select the Client name from the drop-down list. After doing so, you must select the
Device Name in the next field. You can also choose “local (client tape)” for the Server. By selecting this
option, you indicate that you want to read the backup information from a tape drive attached to a client system
(SBTAPE), rather than the TSM server. After doing so, a new
Client Name field will appear, where you must
select the client where the tape drive is attached.
Press the Select button next to the Backup ID field to list and select from backups that exist on the tape. Note
that the list will contain yellow and green buttons, yellow indicating those backups for which there is no backup
label currently. You can only select one of these backups when you want to rebuild a label.
Once you have selected the backup, press the Rebuild Label button to begin reading the backup and
rebuilding the backup label. As this occurs, a screen similar to the following will appear:
When the process is complete, the completion status will be displayed and a Show Label button will appear,
with which you can display the Backup Label or press the Cancel button to return.
Storix System Backup Administrator 108 Version 8.2 TSM Edition User Guide