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[JF Mezei]

Must the backup be /IMAGE ?

Do you have sufficient disk space on the vx to create a partil saveset  ?

backup the first half of the disk to a disk save set. Then use decnet to
copy that saveset to te ia64 box where you can zip it, and zip t good.

you can then delete teh saveset and backup the second half of the drive.

Another option is to use those PCs.

Get yourself a copy of SIMH, and boot an instance of VMS on the PC.
Cluster it with the vax. Create a large ODS2 disk on the PC, and that
device becomes available on your real vax as a target for the backup.

Considering that VAX VMS is no longer developped and that HP broke ts
promise to products a 8.* version of VAX VMS whoch would have given you
the BACKUP functionality you need, I wouldn'T feel so bad about using
hobbyist licence at this point since it would be just to make backups.

(since you mentioned your budget was $0)