copy backup saveset to another tape

[Don Lennert]

I need to create a second copy of backup tapes which contain multiple savesets. How do I go about doing this?

[Ian Miller.]

There is a product called Save Set Manager from hp which does this.
If the save set block size is less than 32k then you can
$ MOUNT tapedeviceame label
$ COPY tapedevicename:*.* disk:[dir]

then copy back to another tape.

There has been tape copy programs on the DECUS library tapes in the distant past.
e.g
http://www.encompassus.org/ftplib/VS0087_VAX88B2_CCRS_TCOPY_AAAREADME_1ST.html

[Peter Quodling]

Of course, this applies to OpenVMS Backup, if you are running Legato Networker or the like, then your mileage may vary.

q

[Allan Bowman]

I'm assuming that you only have one tape drive...

Ian's solution works (as long as you have enough disk space), but keep in mind that the second tape may end up with the savesets loaded in a different order. The copy from the disk directory back to tape will be in alpha order if you use *.*, while the original tape could have been in any order. If this is indeed an issue, you could solve it with a DCL procedure that retrieves one saveset at a time from the first tape (rather than *.*) and tracks the order for generating the second tape.

Allan

[Karl Rohwedder]

There is very old tapecopy program VMSTPC, which can copy tapes to containerfiles and viceversa, regardsless of content.

I've used in in a former life and can make no guarantees regarding its fitness.
The attached textfile contains the CLD, C-Source and some helps.

regards Kalle

[Karl Rohwedder]

Sorry,
I hit the wrong button and the replies misses the attachement...

[John Koska]

One could also use HP Save Set Manager for OpenVMS, which is separate layered product.

See http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/storage/ssmpage.html

:) jck
John Koska

[John Koska]

Ooops! I really need new reading glasses.

I didn't see Ian's comments on Save Set Manager.

Anyhow, we use it and it works as advertised. We are happy with it, but your mileage may vary.

:) jck

[Robert_Boyd]

I'll add another vote for Saveset Manager. I had great success with it at one site I worked at. SSM is very handy for copying or combining tapes, converting from one media type to another, refreshing old backup media onto newer media, etc....

The main way I used it was to produce offsite copies by stringing together the savesets from the most recent full and incremental backups since the last offsite copy was made. It was a very effective way to make offsite copies that was much easier on the system than running a 2nd pass of the backup jobs.

Robert