Jeff wrote:
> The *only* data loss we ever had on a 3000 was due to a catastrophic disk
> failure, and we did not have a single end-to-end readable set of backups.
> 
> Several days of lots of GETFILEs and hacking together mismatched partial
> databases later, it wasn't quite a total loss.  It did however stick in my
> mind as a lesson learned the hard way.

These are the moments that are made for Depends... ;-)

> :VSTORE was a godsend to check that your backups were intact, but over a
> decade too late for that case :-(

Wasn't there a contributed library or telesup utility called CHKTAPE? I
started using that AFTER a reload couldn't restore some files - fortunately,
they were files I had on other backup tapes.

Speaking of reloads, do you recall what happens if you forgot to place your
tape drive online when you started your reload? (At least on MPE 5/e?)

Mark W.

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