[Info-vax] Backup TK50 tapes

[ChrisQ]

On 02/23/13 13:09, supervinx wrote:
>> Are you using standalone backup here, or the BACKUP available from the
>> VMS prompt?  ISTR that standalone backup supplied with VAX-VMS doesn't
>> offer the full functionality of the command line version.
>>
> No, I'm using the CLI backup...
>
>> I think if you use the virtual tape emulation of LDDRIVER to mount an LM
>> device you should be able to copy from physical tape to virtual tape.
>
> It seems that BACKUP can't go /PHYSICAL on input tapes, since it treats
> them as savesets...
>

If you can find a TK50-Z scsi tape drive, you may be able to use Linux / 
unix
and dd to copy to files. There may also be later scsi versions of TK50 
drives
as well.

The TK50-Z is a bit old now, but was the optional tape drive for the VS2000
series machines...

Regards,

Chris