ADSM-L

Re: VMS ABC Software

1997-04-18 14:01:41
Subject: Re: VMS ABC Software
From: Lawrence Meyers <lmeyer1 AT TANDY DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:01:41 -0500
I knew about these, my question was if I could find a way to issue the
following command:

abc restore dsa0:[lem]login.com;

Doing this prompts an error from abc, because the ADSM server does
recognize VMS filename standrds.

>----------
>From:  Keenan D. Stratton[SMTP:stratkee AT GTI DOT NET]
>Sent:  Friday, April 18, 1997 11:38 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: VMS ABC Software
>
>Lawrence,
>
>Try the ABC command:
>/OBJECT_ID=(high-number, low-number)
>The /OBJECT_ID qualifier allows you to restore a particular backup version
>using the identification number supplied by the SHOW BACKUP/FULL
>command. When using the /OBJECT_ID qualifier, you must specify the
>name of the file as well. You may use wildcards on the name, but doing so
>requires ABC to search through the catalog for the appropriate backup
>version. Only one file is restored when using the /OBJECT_ID qualifier.
>
>/SINCE[=date-time]
>Selects only those files dated after the specified time. You can specify time
>as an absolute time, as a combination of absolute and delta times, or as one
>of the following keywords: TODAY (default), TOMORROW, or YESTERDAY.
>Use the /EXPIRED qualifier to indicate the time attribute to
>be used as the basis for selection.
>
>I do know the ABC 1.1 supports point-in-time restores as well.
>
>Keenan Stratton
>ISI/M&M Mars Consultant
>Keenan AT webname DOT com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Lawrence Meyers [SMTP:lmeyer1 AT TANDY DOT COM]
>Sent:   Thursday, April 17, 1997 4:01 PM
>To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:        VMS ABC Software
>
>I have multiple VMS clients using the ABC software by Storage Solutions
>Specialists.  The VMS machines are clients of a MVS Mainframe running
>ADSM.  Does anyone know of a way to restore only the latest version of a
>file from the server to a VMS client.  Normally, you would use a ;
>delimiter to denote to VMS that you only want to see the lastest
>version.  ABC does not understand this.  Help me, please.
>
>Larry Meyers
>
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