[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference star::wizards

Title: "ASK THE WIZARDS"
Moderator:QUARK::LIONEL
Created:Mon Oct 30 1995
Last Modified:Mon May 12 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1857
Total number of notes:3728

1676.0. "Open: data recovery question" by STAR::JKEENAN () Fri Mar 21 1997 13:27

Return-Path: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com
Received: by vmsmkt.zko.dec.com (UCX V4.1-12, OpenVMS V6.2 VAX);
	Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:15:42 -0500
Received: from vms001 by mail12.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV)
	id LAA26769; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:14:20 -0500 (EST)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:16:34 -0500
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
From: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com (18-Mar-1997 1116)
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Ask the Wizard: '[email protected]'
X-VMS-To: [email protected]

Remote Host: (null)
Browser Type: Mozilla/2.01S (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22)
Remote Info: <null>
Name: J.M.M. Smits
Email Address: [email protected]
CPU Architecture: Alpha
Version: v 6.2
Questions: 

Inadvertedly BACKUP reinitialized my tape instead of
adding a dataset at the end. Is it possible to recover
(most of) the data behind the new EOD?
AlphaStation, OpenVMS 6.2, QIC-2GB tape drive.
Thanks!
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name
DateLines
1676.1MOVIES::WIDDOWSONRod OpenVMS Engineering. Project RockMon Mar 24 1997 08:082
    I have managed soemthing like this with old fashioned tapes and very
    forgiving drivers, but with a QIC you may be S.O.L.