06-26-2008
It depends somewhat on the hardware you use:
You have to include the tape drive (more precisely: the tape drive device) into the boot list. You can do that ad-hoc in the boot menu or using the diag CD and booting from it. You can find a detailed description for your machine at the IBM site, even for older machines. Search for "Technical Overview" or "whitepaper" and the model number of your machine.
Once the tape drive is inthe boot list simply insert the mksysb tape into the drive and power on - the tape has a boot image and will restore the rootvg automatically. There are a few screens to answer, but they are pretty intuitive and straigtforward.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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