10 May 86 GKN%SDS.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA, Backup, DECnet, and tape drives

Christian:

Let me see if I understand the problem:  You want to have Backup deliver a
save set straight to a tape drive across DECnet.  If this is true, you
need to write a program which catches Backup save sets from a DECnet
logical link and does the right thing with them.  At the end of this message
is a program which does such a thing, and a command file which is uses.

Basically, you have to define an object for DECnet thusly:

        $ NCP Define Object NetBackup Number 0 File SYS$SYSTEM:NetBackup.COM

Stick NetBackup.COM and NetBackup.EXE on SYS$SYSTEM:, and then use it like:

        $ Backup [...] NODE::"Task=NetBackup"

The save set name will be the name of the source node.  I use this to back
up a uVAX-II which has no tape drive across an ethernet to an 11/785
every day.

Hope this helps.

Gerard Newman