[Info-vax] Backup restore system disk

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-08-18 kl. 19:32, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2020-08-18, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>
>> I take it for granted that you have done some anayses that you
>> actually *have* a fragmentation issue?
> 
> I wonder if DFU is available for the OP's version of VMS ?
> 
> He could use it to see how heavily fragmented his most fragmented
> files are (and which ones they are).
> 
> He could also consider scanning his disks to see if he has zillions
> of versions of some files. Something like "dir disk:[*...]*.*;-500"
> should get him started. Adjust the relative file version number as
> required.
> 
> Simon.
> 

And also, from the initial post in this thread:

 > I'm having issues with my VAX/VMS v6.0 system that I suspect may be
 > related to fragmentation.

So, what are these "issues". This is an emulated environment with
disk beeing a vdisk on (my guess) way faster disk hardware (SSD?)
then was available in the VAX hardware area.

Or are the issues more like "header/index full" or similar disk
structure related issues?

So why is fragmentation pointed out as the root cause?