[Info-vax] image backup on itanium

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <55455ac3$0$19588$c3e8da3$b1356c67 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> In the proposed COPY, would it be correct to assume that
> 1- backup/image DKA100: LDA1: (pointing to disk.iso
> 2- mount/foreign  DKA200:
> 4- copy disk.iso DKA200:

I didn't use any LD, did not image backup.  The .ISO might have been 
created this way, I don't know.

> If LDA1: has been created to have say 600 megs, and DKA200: has 1 gig.
> Will the extra 400 megs be available after the COPY operation ?  

No.

> When
> mounted normally, will VMS update disk structures to reflect the fact
> that the disk has 400 extra megs available ? (thinking about bitmap.sys
> and other ODS files)

No.