01-24-2011 08:46 AM
Do any of the VMS folks out there miss not having the /LIST= or /INTERCHANGE options that are available options for the VMS BACKUP utility?
Because of the way our backups are performed for our application - files created say "today" may not be backed up until tomorrow - or maybe even the next day. When we have to restore files based on a creation date - we have to search thru a number of tapes to insure we capture all the files for the date needed. It would be so nice to be able to use a /LIST to create a brief listing of the files backed up that includes the creation date/time, and the block size. By searching the list file - we could confirm exactly which backups we need to restore from.
Anybody out there have a good solution for getting around this? I may be requesting an enhancement..