[Info-vax] BACKUP/IMAGE/EXCLUDE...?

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On Apr 1, 12:18 pm, gartm... at nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph
Gartmann) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is it possible to use the /EXCLUDE qualifier in /IMAGE backups? It is OpenVMS
> 7.3-2 and according to the online help there is no restriction although it
> is not possible to use it in image restore operations. Nevertheless
> the qualifier seems to have no effect in the following command:
>   $ BACKUP/IMAGE/LOG diskj: /EXCLUDE=*-data. mkb100:test.bck/save
> Any insights?
>
> Regards,
>    Christoph Gartmann
>
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Format

    /IMAGE input-specifier output-specifier

Description

    To use the /IMAGE qualifier, you need write access to the volume
index file (INDEXF.SYS) and the bit map file (BITMAP.SYS), or the
input medium must be write-locked. BACKUP opens the index file to
synchronize with the file system (no update is made). Finally, you
must have read access to all files on the input medium.

    You can receive a fatal error if you use /IMAGE with the
qualifier.

    When you use the /IMAGE qualifier to save to a disk, alias
directory trees are not processed.

    Note
    The input and output devices in an image operation must be
different except in an image save operation when the output device is
a Files--11 disk save set.

    If the output volume is a disk, all files on the output volume are
stored contiguously. Contiguous storage of files eliminates disk
fragmentation and creates contiguous free blocks of disk space.

    Because all files on the input volume are processed, you cannot
use input file-selection qualifiers in image copy or save operations.
You can, however, restore files and directories selectively from an
image save set.

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