  Disk-to-Disk BACKUP/IMAGE? 
 The Question is:
 
I created a tape backup image of a 9.1GB disk that has only 15% of it's blocks
 used. How can I restore that image to a 4.3GB disk? Attempted a backup/image
 restore and the free blocks went to zero and the cluster size also indicated
 zero. Any help would b
e greatly appreciated.
 
 
 
 The Answer is :
 
  The specific behaviour reported implies an error occured.
 
  Please contact the customer support center, as the specific BACKUP
  commands utilized will be required -- the sequence described should
  work, assuming reasonable volume settings and normally-expected
  and documented BACKUP utility commands.
 
  An INITIALIZE command followed by a BACKUP/IMAGE/NOINITIALIZE
  restoration would be recommended when dramatically chaning the
  volume characteristics.
 
  But again, without some idea of the commands and the environment,
  not specific answer is possible.
 
  If you are running OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 and not V7.3-1, please
  consider an upgrade to a supported release.  Regardless of the
  OpenVMS release, please apply the available mandatory ECO kits
  and (in this case) any ECOs associated with BACKUP, the file
  system, MOUNT, and other closely-related system components.
 
 Answer written or last revised on  14-FEB-2003 
