Examples

These examples show how to save and restore VMS disks and files to/from a Windows or Linux computer.

In the following examples the VMS system is node “alpha”, the Windows computer is node “win1”, and the Linux computer is node “lin1".

VMS Disk Image Save to a Windows computer

alpha$ knapsac /image dka200: win1::”c:\vmsbackups\alpha\dka200img.pac”

 

VMS Directory Save to a Linux computer

alpha$ knapsac dka200:[database]*.dbs lin1::”/home/vmsdata/alpha/dbsfiles.pac”

 

VMS Disk Image Restore from a Windows computer

alpha$ mount/foreign dka200:

alpha$ knapsac /image win1::”c:\vmsbackups\alpha\dka200img.pac” dka200:

 

VMS Directory Restore from a Linux computer

alpha$ knapsac lin1::”/home/vmsdata/alpha/dbsfiles.pac” dka200:[database]