Thanks
Abraham Z.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Setting autoreply on ldev 8 and Full system backup?


> Re:
>
> >    IO>MDEV 8 MODE=AUTOREPLY
> >
> > Create a slt then reboot.  Is this correct?
>
> Yes, but you don't have to boot ("UPDATE") from the tape.  Simply
> reboot as "START NORECOVERY" (assuming your config group is "CONFIG")
> will load the revised I/O configuration.  However, note that it's
> always a good idea to generate the SLT tape anyway.
>
> >     :FILE T;DEV=8
> >     :STORE @[log in to unmask]@;*T;SHOW=OFFLINE
> >
> > It thought a '/@' or something was also required to get all of the Unix
> > files?
>
> As of 5.5 (maybe earlier?), STORE @[log in to unmask]@ is treated like "STORE /".
>
> However, we do:
>
>    store / - /SYS/PUB/NL - /SYS/PUB/SL - /SYS/MPEXL/DUMPAREA &
>         - /TELESUP/DUMPS/@  - /tmp/ ; ; &
>        compress; onerr=quit; partialdb; directory; show=long,dates;
progress
>
> The "- <filename>" stuff causes the backup to be shortened by many
> MBs of data ... data that either comes in from the SLT tape (NL, SL,
DUMPAREA)
> or that we don't care about (memory dumps, temp files in /tmp/).
>
> --
> Stan Sieler                                           [log in to unmask]
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