Very good progress. Suggest you initialize and mount the tapes first, then do the backup.
$init mta0:/density=1600 JUN2015 $mount mta0: JUN2015 Substitute your actual tape device name for mta0: and need to use /density as applicable. Jerry Weiss, WB9MRI j...@ieee.org > On Jun 13, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > > >> On Jun 13, 2015, at 14:29, Peter Coghlan <cct...@beyondthepale.ie> wrote: >> Did I say that? >> >> I meant: >> >> $ spawn /nowait @sys$system:startup.com >> >> (sorry) > > Aha! Now I understand. > > Ok, I have the SYSTEM password reset, and the license pak installed. Next > task is to perform backups. First attempt to do that has presented my next > learning opportunity: > > How do I respond to tape mount requests on the same console where I'm running > BACKUP? When I get the request asking whether to create a new tape volume, it > doesn't seem to respond to terminal input. > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/ >
