Tape Storage for Dummies

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Sep 13 20:50:48 1998

First:
  $ help copy
  $ help backup
  $ help files

under vms should be helpful as it nominally goes down to examples.

< Distant memory time... As far as copying files to the tape, did you
< initialize it prior to MOUNTing it?
< $ INIT MSA0: TEST !TEST being the volume name assigned to the tape

That is correct.

< $ MOUNT MSA0: TEST !tape "mounts", and is given the logical name
< "TEST".

It's mount/foreign msa0:

< $ COPY DUA0:[MYDIRECTORY]FILENAME.EXT TEST:FILENAME.EXT !file spec is
< an example.......

$backup/log/image DUA0: MSA0:test.bak/sav

<
< /FOREIGN, and use
< "BACKUP".

Yep!

A tape from a PDP-11 would ahve to be mounted foreign as it's a non
files-11 format.

Allison
Received on Sun Sep 13 1998 - 20:50:48 BST