cloning VMS installs? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Sep 2000

I don't see why not; VMS itself isn't tied into the SID of the machine.
Obviously just install onto one disk in one machine then transfer that
vanilla install via STABACKIT onto the others....I gather we're talking
VAXen here? I love booting standalone backup off tape.....:o) Not. What I've
done in the past is install onto one system then put that disk into the next
machine and image backup across onto another one etc.....ISTR there weren't
any problems, but it was a few years ago!

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: Chuck McManis [mailto:cmcmanis@mcmanis.com]
 Sent: 29 September 2000 07:40
 To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: cloning VMS installs?

 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