STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)

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STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Command Options
STORE Options
Optical Disk Errors If an optical disk write error is encountered, STORE displays the
same error messages that it would display for tape backup devices.
You can determine which piece of media is has been marked bad by using the STATUS
command of the MOUTIL program. The status display indicates which piece of media is bad
by showing "THE MEDIA IS BAD" in the media name field. If a disk write error occurs
while storing to a disk file, STORE aborts, irrespective of what ONERROR option was
specified.
Bad Media
Once a piece of media has been marked bad, it should not be used for future STORE
operations. If a media that has been marked bad is mounted for use in a STORE operation,
STORE will issue the following message to the console:
MEDIA ON LDEV # IS BAD. CONTINUE ANYWAY?(Y/N)
If you reply YES, then STORE will write over this media. If you reply NO, the media will be
unloaded, and you should mount another piece of media.
NOTE STORE will not check to see if a piece of media has been marked bad if it is the
very first reel mounted. Therefore, it is important that once a reel has been
marked bad by store, some note is made on the physical label of the media to
indicate that it encountered a write error while storing to it.
Specifying Files by Date (DATE)
The DATE option specifies which files are stored based on two possibilities:
• STORE files that have been modified since a specified date
• STORE files that have not been accessed since a specified date
Storing Files Modified Since a Specified Date
You can use the DATE parameter to store only files that were modified or their states were
changed since a specified date. (The state change date and time are updated any time the
file is renamed or an ACD is changed. However, this information is not automatically
shown. The state change date and time can be different from the last modified date
displayed with the LISTFILE
filename ,3 command. See the note below for information on
displaying the state changes.)
The DATE parameter enables you to do, among other things, a partial system backup. For
example, suppose a full system backup was performed on September 30, 1993. The
following STORE command would copy all system and user files modified since that date:
:FILE T;DEV=TAPE
:STORE @.@.@;*T;DATE>=09/30/93
The date must be entered in either the above format ( mm/dd/yy ) or as mm/dd/yyyy (for
example, 09/30/1993). The files stored include any modified on the same date as the date
entered. The files stored also include those modified since the specified date on nonsystem
volume sets that are online.