  magtape device I/O redirection? 
 The Question is:
 
I have a customer who is using OpenVMS on the
Alpha station.  He wants to transfer information
to other Client-Server platforms (UNIX, NT) but
his only means of exporting the data from the
application is via tape.
 
Is there a tape emulation product that will
allow my customer to generate a data-file from
a "tape device", which can then be ftp'ed to
other servers on his network?
 
Thanks for the assistance.....
 
 
 The Answer is:
 
  You will need to investigate the specifics of the application, in
  order to determine what sorts of options are available.  Please
  contact the vendor that is supporting the application for further
  assistance.
 
  Depending on the application, it may be possible to redirect the
  operations to a disk file.  It may also be possible to alter an
  existing software package -- such as the DECUS VDDRIVER tool -- to
  directly emulate a tape, using a disk file.
 
  At worst, the contents of the tapes could be read back in by various
  standard OpenVMS tools, and then transfered to the remote systems
  for processing.
 
