[Info-vax] Alpha SCSI disks won't mount on integrity

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On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 9:54:59 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2021-12-22 02:28:12 +0000, Rich Jordan said: 
> 
> > I'm trying to set up for a large scale move of data from an Alphaserver 
> > to a remote newer Integrity; we need to do a bulk move (at a scheduled 
> > time) much faster than the intervening networks will allow. The total 
> > transfer will be around 4 terabytes but is able to be stored in
> > savesets (or raw data, TBD) on those 300GB disks... 
> 
> INIT /ERASE /GPT /SYSTEM /STRUCT=5 [...] the disks on OpenVMS Alpha 
> (with adequate max files and headers set, as the INIT defaults are 
> ~always bad), re-populate the disk contents, and try the transfer again. 
> 
> Or just shovel the stuff over onto some SSD-based laptop (zip "-V" with 
> current zip 3.0 and unzip 6.0) and transfer that over to the new 
> network, as four terabytes of storage is dinky by present-day storage 
> standards. Or if the local laptops are as dinky as the OpenVMS Alpha 
> data, scrounge an external SSD or HDD and use that for the transfer. 
> 
> 
> 
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> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC
How about setting up the Itanium system as a cluster node that MSCP serves the target disks.  Use shadowing to copy the droves and keep them current until the move?  That way all you really need to move is any system disk data.  I used this technique a few times where the target system was not yet ready for production but could keep up with data changes.

Dan