HP B6960-90078 manual

Backup

Backing Up OpenVMS Systems

Files with multiple directory entries are only backed up once using the primary path name. The secondary path entries are saved as soft links. During a restore, these extra path entries will also be restored.

There is no support for an equivalent to BACKUP/IMAGE. To make a restored copy of an OpenVMS system disk bootable, the OpenVMS WRITEBOOT utility has to be used to write a boot block on to the restored disk.

•Files being backed up are always locked regardless of whether the

Lock files during backup (-lock)option is enabled or disabled. With the -lockoption enabled any file opened for write is not backed up. With the -lockoption disabled any open file is backed up as well.

•The default device and directory for pre- and post-exec command procedures is /omni$root/bin. To place the command procedure anywhere else the file specification must contain the device and directory path in UNIX style format: For example:/SYS$MANAGER/DP_SAVE1.COM

•When specifying wildcards for Skip (-skip)or Only (-only)filters, use ‘*’ for multiple characters and ‘?’ for single characters.

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