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- From: mvbr@se.alcbel.be (Marc Verbruggen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Unknown tape format
- Message-ID: <1116@se.alcbel.be>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 08:39:56 GMT
- Sender: guest@se.alcbel.be
- Reply-To: mvbr@se.alcbel.be
- Organization: Alcatel Bell Telephone
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- I have some tapes, dating 1982(!!), from which I would like to retrieve some
- information. The problem is that I do not remember anymore how they were built.
- - After a MOUNT/FOR, BACKUP does not recognize savesets (I think that VMS in
- that time had no BACKUP utility)
- - I can MOUNT it with the correct label and perform a DIR on it. It lists me
- the correct files, but they have strange formats :
-
- DESCRIBE.BCK;1 File ID: (4,1,1)
- Size: 22/22 Owner: [SE121,MVBR]
- Created: 12-JUL-1982 00:00:00.00
- Revised: <None specified>
- Expires: 12-JUL-1982 00:00:00.00
- Backup: <No backup recorded>
- File organization: Sequential
- File attributes: Allocation: 22, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0, Version limit: 0
- ===>Record format: Undefined, maximum 2064 bytes
- Record attributes: No carriage control, Non-spanned
- RMS attributes: None
- Journaling enabled: None
- File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RWED
- Access Cntrl List: None
-
- As a result I cannot copy them due to the following errors
- %COPY-E-WRITEERR, error writing DEC_SUPPORT:[MARK]DESCRIBE.BCK;1
- -RMS-F-RSZ, invalid record size
- %COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, MTA0:[]DESCRIBE.BCK;1 not completely copied
- (there is a file but he has 0/0 as size).
-
- The result of a SHOW DEV MTA0:/FU is
-
- Magtape BTMV01$MTA0:, device type TE16, is online, allocated, deallocate on
- dismount, mounted, file-oriented device, error logging is enabled.
-
- Error count 1532 Operations completed 58369
- Owner process "I am 000000E7" Owner UIC [GZ233,JANNEKE]
- Owner process ID 000000E7 Dev Prot S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
- Reference count 2 Default buffer size 2048
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- Volume label "MARCUS" Relative volume no. 0
- Record size 0 Transaction count 1
- Mount status Process Mount count 1
- ACP process name "MTA0CACP"
- Density 800 Format Normal-11
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- Volume status: end-of-file, subject to mount verification, odd parity.
-
- Can anyone suggest me how to restore those files ? Please respond by E-mail.
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- Marc Verbruggen tel : 03.240.94.19
- Alcatel Bell Telephone fax : 03.240.99.50
- F. Wellesplein 1 email : mvbr@se.alcbel.be
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- Belgium
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