Everhart, Glenn From: mahan@Intone.lkg.dec.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 12:36 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: Need info on OpenVMS, SAMBA, NT intergration On 8 Jun 1998 12:52:30 GMT, david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk (D.Webb) wrote: >The main problem I have when looking at this product is the fact that it uses >container files. Hence you can backup and restore a whole filesystem using >VMS backup ( in the form of the container file ). But you cannot restore >individual files. > To clarify Glenn's response, it is possible to do drag and drop file restores from tape. The steps: 1.) do a back/phys of the disk which contains the NTDS container file. 2.) mount the tape. (on VMS) 3.) use the freeware tool "DTDRIVER" to make the saveset look like a hard drive (on VMS). 4.) Serve the container file on the "fake disk" as an NTDS service. 5.) Connect to the service from an NT box running NTDS client. 6.) Viola! You now have a drive letter which is actually the conents of the original NTDS disk at time of backup. 7.) Drag-and-drop your desired files using File Manager, Explorer, DOS copy, whatever. See the blinking lights on your VMS tape drive as you do so. In addition, if back/physing an entire disk is unwieldy, you can use another freeware tool "VDDRIVER", to carve up your VMS disks into manageable sized pieces. Glenn deserves a lot of credit for not only producing these freeware tools, but for identifying a unique and useful way to apply them with NTDS. If there is serious interest in the above techniques, I'll try to package up some DCL procedures and pre-compiled binaries to make the process simple. The freeware docs are worth every penny.... Joe Mahan OpenVMS Quality, Test & Validation (QTV)