[Info-vax] COPY of RDB backup from tape to disk?

[sapienzaf]

On Oct 7, 4:16 am, yeh... at vms.huji.ac.il wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   Our administration applications are using RDB as their database. Once a week
> they do full backup (with RDB application) to tape which I later copy with VMS's
> COPY to disk in order to check its integrity. As long as one tape is used, all
> is fine. When more than one tape is used, COPY behaves like it reads the other
> tape correctly, but the file is truncated.
>
>   Any idea how do I copy the file correctly?
>
>                     Thanks! __Yehavi:

I can't answer because I've never done it in that direction.  If you
have the disk space available to fit the entire RBF file(s) then I
suggest you do the RMU BACKUP to disk first, then use the OpenVMS
BACKUP utility to put it on tape.  Much easier to reconstruct later
(speaking from experience, since I have done that a few times).