[HECnet] VMS 5.4 backup

[Hans Vlems]

With tapes you'd better get the data off the media and to a disk.
First off, clean the tape heads!
- try a straight forward copy: this may fail for several reasons depending on what tape you have.
- use backup to perform the copy
 $ backup mua0:*.* ‎dua4:[savesets]/log
Should that fail, try to mount the tape foreign and use copy. If VMS complains then SET RMS may be useful.
Good luck

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  Origineel bericht  
Van: Peter Lothberg
Verzonden: zondag 29 mei 2016 10:37
Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
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Onderwerp: RE: [HECnet] VMS 5.4 backup

> $define/translation=(concealed,terminal) foo _dua0:[what.ever.tapes.]
> $backup/log/verify saveset foo:[*...]
> 
> Note the trailing "." in the logical - don't omit that! Also notice that
> you must use a physical device name in the logical definition.

Thanks.

Next problem, there is a read error on the tape, how do I tell backup
to give up and continue with the rest of the save set, if possible?


--P