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From: j_prigot@wrglex.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Backing up PC disks
Message-ID: <160.28460b05@wrglex.uucp>
Date: 31 May 91 13:36:21 GMT
References: <1991May29.150057.19651@augean.ua.OZ.AU>
Organization: W.R. Grace & Co., Lexington, MA
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In article <1991May29.150057.19651@augean.ua.OZ.AU>, idall@augean.ua.oz.au (Ian Dall) writes:
> We have PC users who would like to be able to back up their PCs via
> a tape drive on an Decstation running Ultrix.
> 
> The PCs are running PCSA to the VMS machines and we have DECNET on the
> DecStation. Is this possible? How about if we use pc-nfs?
> 

The latest copy of the "Pathworks for DOS Client Installation Guide" has a
procedure for backing up a PC disk to a server. It involves a batch job on the
server triggering a procedure on the PC while the PC is running SPAWNER.

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Jonathan M. Prigot      j_prigot@wrglex or ...!{drilex|think}!wrglex!j_prigot