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Status Submitted
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 8, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

RESTORE VOLUME: QUERY PROCESS should show the volume to be restored

When a restore volume process is running, QUERY PROCESS does not show which volume is in progress to be restored.

For example:

restore volume f03383
ANR2114I RESTORE VOLUME: Access mode for volume F03383 updated to "destroyed".
ANR2110I RESTORE VOLUME started as process 3289.
ANS8003I Prozeßnummer 3289 gestartet.

q proc
Process Process Description Job Id Process Status Parent
Number Process
-------- -------------------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------- --------
...
3.289 Restore Volume Volume(s) in Primary Storage Pool MS_3508BKPP,
Files Restored: 0, Bytes Restored: 0 bytes,
Deduplicated Bytes: 0 bytes, Unreadable Files:
0, Unreadable Bytes: 0 bytes. Current Physical
File (bytes): None

We request, that QUERY PROCESS output includes the volume in progress to be restored.

Idea priority Medium

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