Backup .com to look at more than one disk

[dabney121]

Bill, that is very helpful thanks! I will be taking advantage of it.

I guess what I need is the syntax for having both directories assigned to one logical. Can you assist with that.

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi,

>> Disk01 logical would maintain 2 physical disk addresses
Not sure if i understand your question correctly.

But if you want a logical to have 2 physical disk address, you
can do it as follows -

$ DEFINE/SYS disk01 "$1$DGA001:[DIR1]", "$1$DGA002:[DIR2]"

The logical disk01 now points to two directories.

$ dir disk01
...
lists
- $1$DGA001:[DIR1]
and
-
$1$DGA002:[DIR2]

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Murali

[dabney121]

You are best thanks. I will make sure my co-worker assigns points in the morning. I learned a little bit too.

[Steven Schweda]

> $ DEFINE/SYS disk01 "$1$DGA001:[DIR1]", "$1$DGA002:[DIR2]"

Probably not the best thing to do.

> $ dir disk01
> [...]

Ok. What about this?:

dir disk01:[some_dir]

Perhaps something else would work better:

define /system -
/TRANSLATION_ATTRIBUTES = CONCEALED -
disk01 -
$1$DGA001:[DIR1.], -
$1$DGA002:[DIR2.]

Other possibilities:

/EXECUTIVE_MODE
/TRANSLATION_ATTRIBUTES = TERMINAL


HELP DEFINE

You really should look into buying some
serious help. Free advice can get you into
trouble if you're not careful. (And it's not
clear that you know enough to be careful.)

[abrsvc]

Placing 2 different directories in a single logical has its own set of issues and I would not recommend it based upon the questions here.

Can you indicate where in the US you are located? This is an issue that really needs a face to face. In order for anyone to provide relevant advice, a better understanding of the envoronment and its current limitations is required.

I too can provide VMS training and have done so for may years both for DEC and independently.

The fear here is that one of us will provide what sounds like a reasonable solution that may have ramifications down the road.

DAn