[Info-vax] Backup to remote tape drive

[JF Mezei]

Syltrem wrote:

> $ allocate mkb400 tapedev
> %DCL-I-ALLOC, _SYBILE$MKB400: allocated
> $ init mkb400 hera
> $ mount/nounload/over:id/block=8192/noassist mkb400
> %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, HERA mounted on _SYBILE$MKB400:
> $ convert/fdl=saveset.fdl sys$net mkb400:heradsa0.bck
> %CONV-F-OPENIN, error opening HERA::"0=OPERATEUR/ 
> BACKUP_SERVER" as input


Convert wants exclusive access to the file. SYS$NET is already opened by
the decnet task.


Have you tried COPY instead of convert ?

or  file copy operayion with BACKUP ?

$BACKUP/IGNORE=INTERLOCK SYS$NET: mkb400:heradsa0.bck


Another possibility would be to pre-mount the tape as a system drive
that anyone can write to. Then the backup operation on HERA would

BACKUP <source>  SYBILE::MKB400:heradsa0.bck  and let FAL do its magic.
You mght have to adjust block size to 512 if FAL only wants that blocksize.