valitek tape backup system
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. To back up the entire hard disk press F3.
.
. Tag individual files for backup by moving the cursor over
. the file or directory name then press T. Use the arrow
. keys to move the cursor on the screen. To tag the entire
. hard disk press the A key as in Tag (A)ll.
.
. To change directories press <ENTER> to open the directory
. window. Then use the UP and DOWN arrows to move around in
. the directory tree. Press <ENTER> again to close the window.
. If you choose, you can keep the directory window open, then
. alternate windows by pressing the <TAB> key.
.
. Other directory commands are:
.    R=change to root    P=move up one directory to parent
.
. Press F5 to enter the backup menu when all desired files
. are tagged.
.
. Press F7 to create a batch file that will back up the
. tagged files LATER. No backup will be performed now.
.
. Press F9 to set advanced options. The options relate to
. Tape Rewind, Archive Bit use, Logging Open Filenames,
. Data Compression, and Password Protection.
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. Enter a file mask to describe the files you want to tag.
.
. EXAMPLES:
.  - For all files on the hard disk enter:       C:\*.*/s
.  - For all files in the current directory enter:    *.*
.  - For files with .exe extensions in the current
.    directory and lower sub-directories enter:   *.exe/s
.
. OTHER DIRECTORIES:
. The file specification will tag files only in the current directory
. unless a path modifier is included. Example:
.  C:\DOS\UTIL\*.COM     ;Tags matching files only in the \DOS\UTIL
.                        ; directory.
.  *.DOC/S               ;Tags matching files in the current and lower
.                        ; directories.
. SWITCH OPTIONS:
. These switches may also be included at the end of the specification.
.  /S          ;Tag matching files in lower directories.
.  /A          ;Tag only matching files that also have the Archive
.              ;attribute.
.  /Dmm-dd-yy  ;Tag only matching files that were modified on or after
.              ; this date. Example: C:\*.DOC/D05-23-86
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. Enter a file mask to describe the files you want to untag.
.
. EXAMPLES:
.  - For all files on the hard disk enter:       C:\*.*/s
.  - For all files in the current directory enter:    *.*
.  - For files with .exe extensions in the current
.    directory and lower sub-directories enter:   *.exe/s
.
. OTHER DIRECTORIES:
. The file specification will untag files only in the current directory
. unless a path modifier is included. Example:
.  C:\DOS\UTIL\*.COM   ;Untags matching files only in the \DOS\UTIL
.                      ; directory.
.  *.DOC/S             ;Untags matching files in the current and lower
.                      ; directories.
. SWITCH OPTIONS:
. These switches may also be included at the end of the specification.
.  /S          ;Untag matching files in lower directories.
.  /A          ;Untag only matching files that also have the Archive
.              ; attribute.
.  /Dmm-dd-yy  ;Untag only matching files that were modified on or after
.              ; this date. Example: C:\*.DOC/D05-23-86
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. OVERWRITE:
. If there is no useful information currently on
. the tape or you are using a new tape press
. the + key until OVERWRITE appears. If you choose
. this option all data previously stored on the tape
. will be DESTROYED. Recording will begin at the
. beginning of the tape.
.
.
.
. APPEND:
. If you want to leave the previous backup data on
. the tape choose APPEND. The tape will advance to
. the end of the current data then add the new
. backup data. This process usually takes longer
. because the tape must be fast forwarded to skip the
. the data already on the tape.
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. RESET ARCHIVE BIT
. This option may be set to YES for incremental backups, it
. will clear the archive file attribute flag for the files
. that are backed up. If you are not familiar with the use of
. the archive bit leave this option set to NO.
.
.
. TO TAG ARCHIVE FILES Enter the wildtag window by
. pressing W then enter:    \*.*/S/A
.
. TO BACKUP ALL ARCHIVE FILES from the command line:
.       VFBACK C:\*.*/S/A/R/O      { to overwrite the tape }
.       VFBACK C:\*.*/S/A/R/P      { to append to the tape }
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. You may enter a reference name up to 35 characters.
. The name will appear when you view the file directory
. in the restore menu and may be helpful to identify
. a particular dataset if you need to restore from the
. tape. This name is optional.
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. When your batch file is run later only those files that are
. tagged NOW will be backed up unless you specify other files
. at this point. For example, if you create new document files
. on a daily basis you could specify C:\*.DOC/S this will
. cause all files with the extension .DOC to be backed up
. when the batch file is run even though some of the files
. did not exist when the batch file was created. If you want
. to specify additional files this way then choose YES.
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. Enter file specifications describing other files to be
. backed up when the batch file is run. This can be used
. to specify files that don't exist yet, and therefore
. could not be tagged.
. EXAMPLES:
.           C:\DATABASE\*.DBF
.           C:\LETTERS\*.DOC
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. Enter the name that you want to type at the DOS
. prompt to run the batch file later. The name must be a
. valid file name of 8 or fewer letters or digits. The
. batch file will be created on the hard disk. The
. extension .BAT will be added to the name so that it will
. be a valid batch file name. To run the batch file from
. the command line you will enter the same 8 character
. name that you enter here.
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. Press the + key to change the source drive to backup
. some other disk drive data. If you want to leave the
. logged drive as it is press the <ESC> key.
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. Press:
.
. R  -  To retry opening the file.
. Q  -  To quit out of the file restore operation.
. S  -  To skip this one file. This file data will be
.       CORRUPT, but the restore process can continue.
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. Press:
.
. Q  -  To quit out of the file restore operation.
. S  -  To skip this file. This file will NOT be restored
.       ok, but the restore process can continue.
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. Press:
.
. Q  -  To quit out of the file backup operation.
. S  -  To ignore the error and skip the file.
.       The data on the tape for this file will be
.       CORRUPT, but the backup process can continue.
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. Press:
.
. R  -  To retry opening the file.
. Q  -  To quit out of the file backup operation.
. S  -  To skip this one file. The copy of this file on
.       tape will be CORRUPT, but the backup process can
.	continue.
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. Press:
.
. R  -  To retry closing the file.
. Q  -  To quit out of the backup operation.
. I  -  To ignore this file error. This file on tape may
.       be CORRUPT, but the backup process can continue.
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. If you are doing a single backup then set this REWIND option to YES
. so the tape will be rewound after the backup. If you are backing up
. multiple partitions i.e. C:, D:, E: then set this REWIND option to
. NO so the tape will not rewind unneccessarily between the backup
. sessions. Or, if you are backing up multiple PCs on the same tape
. then set this REWIND option to NO. The last backup should be set to
. rewind because it is recommended that the tape be stored in the
. rewound position.
.
. NOTE: If the tape backup is turned off or the tape is removed it
. will lose track of the tape position and will rewind before the
. next backup occurs.
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. If you want the program to stop and prompt you when file
. irregularities are found then set the LOG option to NO. If you want
. minor problems to be written to the log file then bypassed set this
. option to YES. Setting the option to YES will usually allow problem
. files to be bypassed. If you set the LOG OPEN FILE option to YES it
. is CRITICAL that you check text file OPENFILE.LOG after the backup
. so that you will know what files on the tape contain errors.
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. If you want to use data compression during the backup then set this
. option to YES.  This will conserve tape but may reduce the backup
. data rate.  Data compression is very effective on large text files,
. large database files, and graphics files that are not already
. compressed.  Data compression is not as effective on dense files
. such as .EXE files or files that are already compressed with other
. software.
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. When this password option is set to YES you will be prompted
. to enter a password before each backup.  The password will be
. required in order to restore the data when the VALITEK restore
. program is run.  Set this option to NO if you do not want to
. use password protection.
.
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. The password you enter is CASE SENSITIVE, meaning that it is
. important to remember if you use upper or lower case letters.
. You may use A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and _ in the password.  Do not use
. spaces.  You will need this password to restore this data.
.
. If you did not intend to use the password feature press ESC
. then enter the F9-OPTION menu to turn the password feature off.
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