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тАО11-22-2005 01:29 PM
тАО11-22-2005 01:29 PM
Recently, I have learned how to mount and dismount a unit tape by using the following commands:
To Mount, I use:
($ mount/foreing dra1:
To Dismount, I use:
($ dismount mka500:
In both cases, The operation is acomplished successfully.
The thing is that I have no idea about where the data inside the tape is placed in.
I need to know how to access that device unit once it is mounted in order to get all the content it has by using FTP.
Thanks in Advance...
Ronni.
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тАО11-22-2005 02:10 PM
тАО11-22-2005 02:10 PM
Solutionwritten. You could try:
mount /noassist /foreign mka500:
backup /noassist /list mka500:
and repeat the BACKUP command until it stops
doing anything new.
Or:
mount /noass /over = ident mka500:
directory /date /size mka500:
If BACKUP works (likely), then you need to do
a BACKUP restore operation to move the data
to some disk/directory/tree somewhere. If
not, then a COPY will probably work.
After you get the data onto a disk, you can
start to worry about FTP.
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тАО11-22-2005 09:27 PM
тАО11-22-2005 09:27 PM
Re: How to access the data inside a mounted tape?
When you mount a tape unit using /foreing or /over=id qualifier only can work with this unit user as mounted it.
If tape origin is a backup, a best option to manage files is use:
backup dra1:saveset.sav/sav *.* and after use ftp to get all files, else if tape origin is a copy then use moun/over=id dra1: and use ftp to get files from VMS prompt, like as:
ftp>get dra1:*.*
(last option i dont have checked).
Saludos.
Daniel.
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тАО11-23-2005 03:19 AM
тАО11-23-2005 03:19 AM
Re: How to access the data inside a mounted tape?
If the mounted tape is not backup tape, you can mount/dismount/FTP the files in the following easy way.
If you know the tape lable, you can use this
$ MOUNT DQB0: lable_name
If you don't find a lable for the tape, then you can use as Mr.Dan suggestion
$ MOUNT/override=ID DQB0:
Once you mount, then you can access the mounted tape and files from any remote host using FTP using any user with reqd priv.
FTP> set def DQB0:[000000]
Note: DQB0 is the tape mounted in the remote host.
FTP> set def DQB0:[anydir/subdir]
FTP> get or mget [just the files_name]
working fine.
Archunan
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тАО11-23-2005 03:26 AM
тАО11-23-2005 03:26 AM
Re: How to access the data inside a mounted tape?
$mount/foreign mka500: !You would use a mount/foreign for a BACKUP tape.
Let us know if it is a BACKUP tape or a COPY tape.
If it is a BACKUP tape, then you need to do a restore to a disk before you can use FTP.
$BACKUP MKA500:saveset_name.BCK disk_name:[restore_directory_name...]/BY_OWNER=option_you_want
Lawrence
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тАО11-23-2005 07:30 AM
тАО11-23-2005 07:30 AM
Re: How to access the data inside a mounted tape?
First of all, thanks for answering my question...
Once I read all of your comments, I├В┬┤ll make the following statements:
1.-Depending of how the tape was written we have: Backup Tapes and Copy Tapes.
2.-To mount a Backup Tape I Should use the following...
A "mount" command combined with "foreign"
A "Backup" command
Some examples are:
$ mount /noassist /foreign mka500:
$ backup /noassist /list mka500:
"and repeat the BACKUP command until it stops doing anything new"
$ backup dra1:saveset.sav/sav *.*
"Once the tape has been mounted"
$ BACKUP MKA500:saveset_name.BCK disk_name:[restore_directory_name...]/BY_OWNER=option_you_want
"Once the tape has been mounted"
3.-To mount a copy Tape I should use the following...
A "mount" command combined with an "id" parameter or without it
Some examples are:
$ mount /noass /over = ident mka500:
$ directory /date /size mka500:
$ mount/over=id dra1:
$ MOUNT DQB0: lable_name
"If the tape lable is known"
$ MOUNT/override=ID DQB0:
"If the tape lable is unknown"
4.-Getting data using FPT
Directly from a vms prompt like:
ftp>get dra1:*.*
"I have to check this against the: backup dra1:saveset.sav/sav *.*"
FTP> set def DQB0:[anydir/subdir]
FTP> get or mget [just the files_name]
"considering DQB0 is the tape mounted"
Using an ftp client application
"I have it and I know how to use it, I just need the path with the files needed"
Now, I found this code:
$ mount/foreign dra1:
$ mount/foreign mka500:
$ backup/image/verify/log mka500: 10jun99.bck/save-set dra1:
$ dismount mka500:
$ dismount dra1:
finally...
1.-I have a Backup tape.
2.-You are right, i meant $mount/foreign mka500:
3.-I know all the labels
4.-I think with this information I can solve the problem.
Thanks all of you.
Ronni.