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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: tape handling under VMS
Message-ID: <689@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 88 13:35:47 GMT
References: <261@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Organization: The Standard Oil Co., Cleveland
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In article <261@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> fsimmons@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Frank Simmons) writes:
>
> I am a novice with BACKUP. Is it possible to get a directory of all the
> savesets on a BACKUP tape?
>
> Has anyone devoted any thought to a user-friendly procedure for requesting
> tapes to be mounted and extracting data from the tapes and then dismounting
> the tapes? Taking into account security issues etc.

I'm new to VMS tapes, too.  Why does it take so LOOOONNNNGG for the $ prompt
to return after DISMOUNTing a TK-50 tape?  VAXstation-2000, MicroVMS 4.5,
TK-50, single user in UIS.
-- 
Rob Lake
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