[Info-vax] [OpenVMS Alpha V8.3] How to recover a corrupted PCSI database?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-02-24 21:06:29 +0000, Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER said:

> In article <kgdr2h$pb3$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble 
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> I don't care what some say about VMSINSTAL.COM.  It works, and when it
>> doesn't, you can mangle the DCL to make it work.
> 
> Yup, but you *always* have to mangle when you want to deinstall a kit
> (as a DEINSTAL.COM is most likely not current or not existant at all) ...

They all have problems.  PCSI.  Like various tools dealing with 
tracking this sort of data, probably should have a database underneath 
and preferably with transactions.  No installation verification.  
Limited recovery.  VMSINSTAL.  Can't deinstall stuff that doesn't 
include its own deinstall, and the BACKUP savesets are often mangled in 
transit.  VMSUPDATE.  That most of you have probably never heard or 
used it should tell you something.  There are other issues with each of 
these, too.  None of these have network capabilities. Unfortunately, 
these are what is available.  This barring a product-specific and 
completely-custom installer, and that approach too has its own and 
large issues.

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