"dd" tape copy question
Jeffrey W Percival
jwp at larry.sal.wisc.edu
Sat May 20 01:10:00 AEST 1989
I am using a MicroVAX II running Ultrix 3.0 and I'm trying
to copy a VMS backup tape from a 6250BPI reel to a TK50.
I tried this:
I do this:
mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewind
mt -f /dev/rmt1h rewind
dd if=/dev/nrmt1h of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=10240
dd if=/dev/nrmt1h of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=10240
dd if=/dev/nrmt1h of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=10240
mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewind
mt -f /dev/rmt1h rewind
vmsbackup -tf /dev/rmt0h
When I try using the unix "vmsbackup" reader on the copy, it gets the
volume name and saveset name right, and then says "end of tape" right away.
What magic potion is required to copy VMS backup tapes?
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Jeff Percival (jwp at larry.sal.wisc.edu)
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