Got a MicroVax II - Configuration

From: Kees Stravers <pb0aia_at_iaehv.nl>
Date: Wed Aug 19 11:40:22 1998

On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:00:56 -0700 you said to classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
 cl>YES YES YES!!!!!! *Jumps about and throws mouse at floor like
 cl>football* Oops...
 cl>At any rate, I am now successfully logged into the MicroVax II as
 cl>SYSTEM!
 cl>Thanks to all who helped me out! Now if I just had documentation
 cl>other than the built-in HELP database.
 cl>Basically, now what I'd like to do is get some assistance (in
 cl>private email if it's more appropriate) to make a full backup of
 cl>the system so that I can feel safer playing around with it.

For VMS documentation try the links at
http://vaxarchive.ml.org/swdoc/vms/vms_doc.shtml
This is a list of a great deal of VMS documentation available online.

Basically you first create a Standalone Backup tape, which is bootable
tape needed to backup a system disk and restore a backup to a blank hard
disk, and then you boot from this tape and do the backup.

Boot VMS from the hard disk and enter these commands to create the
standalone backup:

$ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
$ _at_STABACKIT

The program asks for the name of the device the kit is to be built on,
usually this is MUA0:

To back up the system, boot from the tape with

>>> B/E0000000 MUA0:

When the prompt appears, enter the command:

$ BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY DUA0: MUA0:FULLBACK.BCK/REWIND/LABEL=AUG19

This assumes you are backing up the first hard disk on the first disk
controller to the first tape drive on the first tape drive controller.

Kees

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Kees Stravers - Geldrop, The Netherlands - pb0aia at amsat dot org
Sysadmin and DEC PDP/VAX preservationist - http://vaxarchive.ml.org
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