Backcopy Utility; Backup Utility - HP BACKCOPY Reference Manual

Figure 1 BACKCOPY Utility
BACKUP
The BACKUP utility copies files from disk to magnetic tape. Using BACKUP minimizes the risk of
losing valuable data by disk failure or human error. Information stored using BACKUP can be
copied back onto your system using the RESTORE utility.
BRCOM (T2721), the interface to Backup and Restore 2.0, coexists with the Backup and Restore
utilities (T9074).
CAUTION:
and Restore utilities (T9074). If you enter the syntax incorrectly for each file type at the BRCOM
prompt, BRCOM might not be able to determine if the command needs to be forwarded to the
Backup and Restore utilities (T9074).
You must use the syntax documented in this manual for Enscribe and SQL/MP files. For Open
System Services (OSS) and SQL/MX files, you must use the syntax documented in the Backup and
Restore 2.0 Manual.
NOTE: BRCOM does not support the same tape format as the Backup and Restore utilities (T9074).
You cannot mix Enscribe and SQL/MP files on the same tape with OSS and SQL/MX files.
BACKUP has two modes of operation:
File mode backs up individual disk files. Any user can run BACKUP in file mode.
Volume mode backs up all files on a disk volume. Only the super ID (usually the system manager
or operator with a user ID of 255,255) can use volume-mode BACKUP.
NOTE: The RESTORE utility also uses file and volume mode. If a tape is created by BACKUP in
one mode (file or volume), the RESTORE utility must use the same mode to process it.
Figure 2 BACKUP Utility
The syntax for Backup and Restore 2.0 is different from the syntax for the Backup
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