Thanks to everyone who answered so promptly. 
The command to copy tape to tape for my backups is tcopy. Looks pretty
straight forward to use too!
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Taylor, Shirley 
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:21 AM
> To:	'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
> Subject:	Copying vdump tapes
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> We are looking into duplicating our backup tapes. The tapes are written
> using vdump on an Alpha Server 1200 running 4.0D. The tape drive we
> currently have is a DLT16 bit 35/70GB drive. The second drive would be
> another DLT drive.
> I don't know where to start looking to find out how I could copy the
> original going tape to tape. Any help would be appreciated.
> Shirley
> 
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Received on Wed Mar 01 2000 - 15:51:17 NZDT