Re: COPY VMS Save Sets to CD on WINDOWS machine.

From: Paul Repacholi (prep_at_prep.synonet.com)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 04:24:16 +0800

Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:

> To do the corresponding thing to disk is called the "sequential
> disk" feature of VMS backup, introduced sometime _after_ VMS V4.0
> but likely prior to VMS 5.5.

No, I was doing backups from RA81s to RA60 on a nightly basis with a 3.[456]
system. The ODS-2 spec includes `loosly coupled volume sets' as a standard
thing.

> My recollection is that Sequential Disk backups involve a /FOREIGN mount.

That is 100% correct. Also, if you don't init the drive you can end up
using just the remaining free space. "Why is it using 6 packs?"... 

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