MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90882)
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DISCUTIL
Operation
1. At the discutil> prompt, enter the SAVE command.
2. At the ENTER FILE SET TO BE SAVED prompt, specify the files you want copied using
either MPE or HFS syntax. You can replace any part of the file set specification with @
to indicate
all
members of the set.
3. At the prompt TRAVERSE DIRECTORIES UNDER FILESET (Y/N), press
RETURN to
not
save any hierarchical directories.
4. At the prompt ENTER THE LDEV, press
return to tell the system to search all logical disk
devices for the files. To search a single disk, enter its LDEV number.
5. At the prompt ENTER THE VOLUME SET NAME, press
RETURN to search all disks. To
search one set, specify the set.
6. At the prompt ENTER THE MODIFICATION DATE (MM/DD/YYYY), enter a date to save
only those files in the file set that have been modified on or since a certain date.
7. At the prompt ENTER THE TAPE LDEV, enter the LDEV number of the tape drive on
which you want to store the files.
DISCUTIL searches the label tables of all
ldevs
specified for the indicated file(s). Each time
a file is found, and when the file is successfully written to tape, it prints a message. You
may also see other messages indicating that an error has occured while DISCUTIL was
saving a file.
If the end of a tape is reached before the procedure is complete, DISCUTIL will prompt you
to mount a new tape. Once you have done so, SAVE continues until all specified files are
copied. At that point, the ENTER FILE SET TO BE SAVED: prompt appears again so that
you may specify additional files sets.
NOTE
Do not manually rewind the tapes. DISCUTIL will do this automatically
when it has properly finished the process.
Saving multiple file sets
To save multiple sets of files, do the following:
1. Specify the first file set you want saved, answering each of the questions DISCUTIL
asks. Refer to the preceding set of steps for information.
2. When you see the ENTER FILE SET TO BE SAVED prompt for the second time, press
RETURN to complete the first tape set and rewind the tape.
3. At the discutil> prompt, enter the SAVE command again. (This begins the save
procedure for the next file set.)
The following is a short sample of the interaction between a user and DISCUTIL during
SAVE:
discutil>SAVE
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***************************** WARNING!!! *****************************
**** MANUALLY REWINDING THE TAPE DRIVE AND STARTING A NEW TAPESET ****