Newbie has some questions regarding openVMS 7.1

[Torsten Ermlich]

tsgdavid,
currently I'm building an external scsi-box with one tape-unit (Sony SDT-9000), one SyJet-drive, an 9GB harddisk and an Yamaha CD-burner.

Right now I'm waiting for some cables, and I have to look for an scsi-terminator.

Hopefully I'll get all missing parts during this week, so I'd start doing a real backup on the weekend or early next week.

Shutting-down or rebooting the system ist not a problem, b/c we can't use that system in daily business due to the massive data-loss ~5 years ago ... it sounds funny, but it hasen't been used since that.

Have a nice day
Torsten

[Andy Bustamante]

Rather than invest time in restoring a system of this vintage to production, consider dropping an upgrade in. Look for the Stromasys virtual Alpha product. This gives you the chance to update the operating system and migrate your application.