[Info-vax] Backing up scattered files

[Rich Jordan]

On Apr 5, 7:40 pm, B... at RABBIT.HSD1.MA.COMCAST.NET () wrote:
> In article <a574a053-58ee-49bc-ace1-a6f9737a8... at m13g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
>
> Rich Jordan wrote:
> >An old request just came up again; we need to back up a group of
> >several dozen files, scattered across multiple directories on one
> >disk, into a single saveset on a schedule; quiescing the apps is
> >handled beforehand.  This is on an Alpha V7.3 system, no upgrade
> >possible.  The filenames and paths vary enough that even wildcarding
> >won't get the input spec to a valid size.
>
> How about just backing up the whole disk?  All the files you are looking for
> will be included in the save_set.  Your problem statement says nothing about
> retrieving the files; if they are only needed on an "emergency" basis, then it
> shouldn't matter that "other" files are included.  Your customer can retreive
> files "as needed" at their leisure.
> [...]

Time and system impact.  It takes too long, and we can't leave the
'writers' quiesced that long.