Hi, I am trying to restore a server from tape using the backup command but i do not know the save set name, is there any way i can find this from the tape? or get around this? cheers, Gareth

If the saveset is the first one on tape, then simply specify it as dev:/save. In general, VMS backup tapes are ANSI labelled tapes, each save-set is a file on the tape. VMS has full ANSI tape support in its record management, so one can simply MOUNT the tape (without the /FOREIGN qualifier), and then do a DIRECTORY dev: Then dismount the tape before using it again for backup.

Hi Gareth, You can try use these commands to mount and dir the tape. 1. $ mount/override=id dev_name: 2. $ backup/list dev_name:/save_set or $ backup/list dev_name:[save]*.bck/save_set Now you can proceed restoring... Rgds Archunan Muthiah

Archunan, no, to use a tape with backup, it must be MOUNT/FOREIGN. And the OP wanted to know the saveset name(s): he must be quick to hold the terminal to see the saveset name in backup/list, otherwise the saveset name will scroll over. And listing all savesets does take a while longer than just doing a DIRECTORY: it is reading the whole savesets, and displaying its contents, while DIRECTORY is simly displaying the tape's HDR records, skipping over the saveset contents, which is usually fast.