[Info-vax] Backup restore system disk

[abrsvc]

On Monday, 17 August 2020 11:57:57 UTC-4, Randy Hancock  wrote:
> I'm having issues with my VAX/VMS v6.0 system that I suspect may be related to fragmentation. I want to do a "backup restore" but am concerned about the system disk.
> 
> Can I just do the straight forward --
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> backup muc1:dia0.bkp/rewind disk0$dia0:[*...]
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> or, do I need to add some other parameters to the backup command?
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> Since the system is up-and-running, I'm concerned about causing major problems when trying to restore the system disk. Not worried about the other "data" disks.
> 
> Thanks in advance!!! Randy

The proper way to do this would be to use standalone backup and make an image copy.  This will create unfragmented files on the "restore" operation.
System disk backups should not be done while the system is running.

Dan