29 Sep
2000
29 Sep
'00
4:57 a.m.
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do fairly complete VMS
installs on several
machines before Saturday and I was wondering if there was a better way.
Specifically, is it possible to create a standalone backup of a freshly
installed system and then restore that on several machines ? (I realize
that you have to replace the VAX-VMS license but other than that, and
changing the SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID is that all that is necessary?
--Chuck
I'd say do the basic install, don't run the config's such as
CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM or TCPIP$CONFIG.COM then boot standalone and do a
BACKUP/IMAGE DUA0: DUA1:
Put the resulting disk in a machine and do the configs and load the
licenses. I think you should be fine at that point, though I've never
really tried it. When I move system disks from one machine to another it's
because I'm upgrading that machine and all I've had to deal with so far was
the Ethernet device changing.
Zane
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