[Info-vax] need help with corrupt MAIL.MAI file

[Bob Koehler]

In article <3a20fce1-d36b-4333-9591-7ed893ebdbf8 at p19g2000vbq.googlegroups.com>, AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> Just as an aside, this reminds me of when I did a standalone backup of
> a system disk that was a member of a two-member shadow set. I used /
> RECORD. Then when bringing the system up with both disks, a DIRECTORY
> command would show the backup date oscillating between two values with
> each file. So I did a copy operation and all was well. Is there some
> better way to have done this?

   There are always issues when shadowing the system disk.  I think the
   method that is known to work is to do the standalone backup on the
   first volume, then boot the system and let shadowing bring the second 
   volume up to date.  (Which is a lot like what you did.)