Rick Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:F4B1826B1A21D211AEC5006008207AF402114CB6@dogbert.csillc.com...
> After my smooth weekend of replacing a drive and performing a reload,
> here are the steps I took to assure I still had a job on Monday.... :)
>
> 1) Clean tape drives
> 2) Create two SLT tapes
> 3) Test SLT tapes with CHECKSLT.MPEXL.TELESUP
> 4) Clean tape drives
> 5) Stop network services
> 6) Perform FULL BACKUP on DLT tape drive
>         STORE
>
@[log in to unmask]@;*BACKF;show=long;ONERROR=QUIT;PROGRESS=5;DIRECTORY;STATISTICS;MAXTAPEB
UF
>
> 7) Perform PART BACKUP on DDS drives using parallel option of STORE
>         STORE
>
@[log in to unmask],@.FILES.WWA;;SHOW=LONG;ONERROR=QUIT;PROGRESS=5;DIRECTORY;STATISTI
CS;
>         MAXTAPEBUF;STORESET=(*BACKA),(*BACKB)
>
> 8) HP replaces drive (VOLUTIL)
> 9) Boot from ALT path using SLT tape
> 10) INSTALL
> 11) Re-boot system from PRI path
>         START NORECOVERY
> 12) Perform RESTORE from DLT tape
>         RESTORE ;@[log in to unmask]@;directory;show;olddate;progress;create=creator;keep
> 13) Re-boot system from PRI path
>         START NORECOVERY
> 14) Test software packages, check for data intergrity, check network
> connections, check terminal connections, check printers
>
> That's it! All went well, and it took me 6 hours from the time of system
> shutdown to complete testing.
> I hope it went as well (or will) for you Steve.
>
Err. Shouldn't that be STORE/RESTORE /;.... not STORE/RESTORE @[log in to unmask]@;....

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Mark Undrill
Affirm Limited