Re: Backup /ALIAS question

From: AEF (spamsink2001_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: 28 Feb 2005 19:38:56 -0800

Syltrem wrote:
> I use /NOALIAS whenever I do a /IMAGE
>
> But the problem is on the restore operation.
> When restoring directories with aliases, I have to manually do SET
> FILE/ENTER after the restore.
>
> $ back sys$sysdevice:[sys*...]*.*.*/noalias
> $1$dga64:[temp]s.bck/sav/igno=int
> erl
> %BACKUP-W-ADNOTSAVED, alias directory
SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS0]SYSCOMMON.DIR;1
> and it
> s directory tree not saved
> %BACKUP-W-ADNOTSAVED, alias directory
SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS1]SYSCOMMON.DIR;1
> and it
> s directory tree not saved
> %BACKUP-W-AFNOTSAVED, alias file SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS0]SYSCOMMON.DIR;1
was not
> sav
> ed
> %BACKUP-W-AFNOTSAVED, alias file SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS1]SYSCOMMON.DIR;1
was not
> sav
> ed
> $
> $ back $1$dga64:[temp]s.bck/sav $1$dga64:[temp...]*.*.*/alias
> $ dir $1$dga64:[temp.sys0]SYSCOMMON.dir
> %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found
>
> This is very cumbersome.
>
> If, otoh, I use the /ALIAS qualifier in the backup, the restore will
create
> multiple copies of the files, which is somewhat worse.
>
> Anyone knows how to do a good restore with file aliases? I can
recreate them
> manually because I know what they are on my system, but it's far from
being
> ideal.

Why would you want to do this? If you are restoring a system disk, you
need to use /IMAGE and then the aliases are restored properly. The
BACKUP utility was not designed with what you want to do here in mind.

IOW: Why would you want [temp.sys0...], [temp.sys1...], etc., with all
the "common directories" aliased as they would be on a regular system
disk?

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