I posted this once before and have checked with some other experts.
However, we're coming up empty and hope someone has experience with this.

I want to T-DUMP a file from UniVerse and T-LOAD it onto UniData.  As we
don't use tapes anymore I need to create some kind of virtual tape file.

In D3 I'd do the following:

:DEV-MAKE -T TAPE -A "E:\Backups\DiskBackup,p"
:SET-DEVICE 3  <-- assuming the above command created device#3
:T-REW
:T-DUMP CUSTOMERFILE
:T-REW
:T-DET

This "E:\Backups\DiskBackup" file could then be handled like any other file
and sent to another D3 machine (either NT or Linux although the commands are
slightly different for D3Linux).  There, one could:

:DEV-MAKE -T TAPE -A "D:\DiskBackup,p"
:SET-DEVICE 4  <-- assuming the above command created device#4
:T-REW
:T-LOAD CUSTOMERFILE
:T-REW
:T-DET

The first two steps are what we're having problems with; defining a device
and attaching it before we execute the "tape" commands.  We've found that
UniAdmin doesn't create a &DEVICE& file properly and when we adjust the
&DEVICE& item and try:

ASSIGN DiskBackup TO MTU 0
Error, cannot get tape device configuration (87).

We know UniAdmin will do a full, daily, or weekly backup directly to any
file (including path) we want; so UniAdmin knows how to define and assign
(or assign and attach) a Windows file path.

Can anyone tell me how to define and assign a "virtual tape file" so I can
T-DUMP from UV and T-LOAD onto UD?

As always, I appreciate any help anyone can offer.  :-)

Bill Haskett
Advantos Systems, Inc.
www.advantos.net 
(760)944-5570 (CA)
(360)923-4838 (WA)
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