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Help restoring BACKUP with NOVOLDATA error?

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The Question is:

 
I'm trying to restore a saved set from a
DLT tape to an external SCSI 18GB hard drive.
The system recognizes the external drive as
DKB100.  I initialized the drive using the
following command: "INITIALIZE DKB100: TEMP"
The initialization went very fast.  I then
MOUNT/FOREIGN DKB100.  I then try my restore
using the following command:
"BACKUP/IMAGE MKA400:12345678.INC/REWIND
 DKB100:"  However I get a message
"BACKUP-F-NOVOLDATA, volume summary data
for DKB100: not found - /IMAGE cannot be used"
I tried using a 2GB External Hard Drive - this time
I allocated the drive first before initializing
it - and got the same error message. I can
create directories on the external drives as well
as copy files to them.  Did I initialize them
incorrectly? Are my specifiers incorrect? Help.
The tapes are from an AXP v6.1 system and I am
using a 7.1 system. Thanks.
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  Your saveset does not appear to be a disk image saveset, but rather a
  collection of files and directories.  Put another way, the "/IMAGE"
  qualifier was not used when this BACKUP saveset was created.  To see
  the BACKUP command used to create this saveset, use the command:
 
    $ BACKUP/LIST saveset/SAVE
 
  In order to restore this saveset, you will need to restore it to a
  normally-mounted disk.  If you wish to create a new disk, you will
  have to initialize it and mount it file-structured.  Your restore
  command must not use the "/IMAGE" qualifier, but rather specify the
  files you wish to restore (potentially all files).
 
  The Wizard cannot help but notice that the filename of your saveset
  uses a ".INC" extension, which might indicate that this saveset is an
  incremental backup (a backup of only the files that have changed since
  a certain date, or since the last recorded BACKUP).   In other words,
  this saveset may not include all files on the target disk.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 19-OCT-1998 )
     
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