> So a bit of additional 'lore' which is probably obvious to a zillion VMS
> admins but was news to me. One can create a standalone backup tape that is
> both bootable into standalone backup, and has the system image on it. I did
> it as follows:
> 1) INIT the tape with label SYSTEM
> 2) _at_SYS$SYSTEM:STABACKIT
> Select MUA0 as the device
> Tell it _not_ to re-initialize.
> 3) Now boot this tape and at the prompt use
> BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY DUA0: MUA0:MYBACKUP.B/SAVE/LABEL=SYSTEM
>
> Now go away for a while :-)
>
> Once its done you can boot the tape and restore with
> BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY MUA0:MYBACKUP.B/SAVE/LABEL=SYSTEM DUA0:
>
> This saves me from having to change tapes in the process.
Yes, this is fairly common. I also like to keep a SA BACKUP set
on a couple of my non-system drives.
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Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Sat Jun 30 2001 - 23:24:01 BST