I hate to do this, but here goes: Do you *have* to use T-DUMP?
I would be more inclined to write a routine to create a delimited text file, then compress the file, ftp to and uncompress it on the UD machine, then reverse the process... Just my two (or less) bits. Karl <quote who="Bill Haskett"> > 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) > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > -- karl _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ ____________ __o _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ____________ _-\<._ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ (_)/ (_) _/ _/ _/ _/ ...................... _/ _/ arl _/_/_/ _/ earson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IT Director, ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. http://www.atsindustrial.com Toll-free: 800-789-9300 x29 Direct2Desk: 801-978-4429 Facsimile: 801-972-3888 -- ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
