[Info-vax] Copying VMS SaveSet Under Windows

[Keith Lewis]

On Nov 20, 11:01 am, Jeff <platinumed... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All, I have a tape with an OpenVMS SaveSet (probby written under
> V8.3) that I need to copy to an external USB drive. However, I have no
> OpenVMS system to read it on, just Windows Server 2003. Does anyone
> know of a software product that I can use to COPY the SaveSet (and
> keep its original format) from an LTO tape to a USB drive? I have
> tried HP Data Protector - it can see the tape label, but cannot copy
> the contents.

There's a utility called ansitape which can purportedly read them.
You'll need to build and run it under Linux (on the hardware which is
connected to the tape drive).
http://www.sinenomine.net/products/vm/ansitape

Eventually you'll need VMSBACKUP, or an actual VMS box, to extract the
files from the saveset.
ftp://ftp.process.com/vms-freeware/free-vms/