[Simh] Imaging SCSI HD's

Zane Healy healyzh at avanthar.com
Mon Apr 22 00:39:27 EDT 2019


> On Apr 21, 2019, at 9:30 PM, Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 9:24 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
>> Thanks Jeremy, if I’m understanding what you’re saying correctly, I’m going to
>> feel really stupid.  Am I correct in reading this that I don’t have to boot into
>> Standalone Backup, in order to backup the system disk?  I’ve thought that
>> was a requirement for cloning a drive for well over 20 years.
> 
> $ BACKUP/IMAGE/IGNORE=INTERLOCK   sys$sysdevice:   backup$disk:backup.sav/save
> 
> Will always work.  A hand full of files might not get every bit of their contents backed up, but they are insignificant (open log files (OPERATOR.LOG), etc.)
> 
> - Mark

Thanks Mark, I restarted the copy with /ignore=interlock, it should be done long before I get up in the morning.  I’ve rarely been so happy to feel so stupid. :-)

Zane




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