[Info-vax] strange backup behavior

[AEF]

On Aug 8, 12:42 pm, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Aug 8, 9:07 am, sapienzaf <sapie... at noesys.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 7, 11:55 pm, David J Dachtera <djesys... at spam.comcast.net>
> > wrote:
>
> > > The OP may be looking for info relating to "fast skip".
>
> > I'm sure this is an emulation problem.
>
> > He's running Charon-VAX which makes OpenVMS think the SDLT tape drive
> > is a TK50.  I don't believe fast skip is an option for a TK50, and
> > furthermore he's running VAX/VMS v7.1 which (IIRC) does not have the
> > $SET MAGTAPE/FAST_SKIP command.
>
> But the tape must be being rewound between each BACKUP save operation.
> It appears that /VERIFY is not present. Perhaps he is MOUNT-ing and re-
> MOUNT-ing between each BACKUP operation? We need to see his command
> procedure.
>
> To the OP: Why are you not using /IMAGE instead of /FAST [000000...]?
> Why are you making both a journal file and listing file of each save
> set?
>
> AEF

Oops. That's "dismounting and remounting", of course.

AEF