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>Date:         Tue, 9 Apr 1996 13:45:15 PST
>Reply-To:     Mark Klein <[log in to unmask]>
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>From:         Mark Klein <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: Append files to backup tape
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>Rick Clark asks:
>
>>Is there a way to append files onto a backup tape??
>>ie..  Each year I create a new file with and incremented file name
>>(PIBKFB##) .  I would like to store this to a tape with past years files
>>without having to restore all, store all and purge.  I currently use ORBIT
>>backup software running on MPE 5.0.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
><PLUG, but he asked for it>
>
>ORBiT's Backup+ can do appended backups right out of the box.  Simply add the
>;APPEND keyword to your STORE command within Backup+.
>
></PLUG>
>
I'd just like to second the plug.  We've been using the Append feature for
differential backups done over the weekend for a number of years and have
never had a hitch.  The only thing I might wish to add is because we run
ORBiT unattended over the weekend we add the following to a job stream prior
to the the backup job.
 
!   CONTINUE
!   RUN LOADTAPE.PUB.ORBIT;PARM=[tape ldev]
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