Converting BCK to TAR
A .BCK file and a .TAR file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.BCK
OpenVMS BACKUP saveset
A BCK file is most often an OpenVMS BACKUP saveset - a backup container produced by the VMS BACKUP utility that stores files with their VMS-specific attributes. It can only be restored on…
Open .BCK details →
.TAR
Tape Archive
A TAR file (also called a tarball) bundles files and folders into one archive but does not compress them. That is why you almost always see it as .tar.gz or .tgz, with gzip added on top. On…
Open .TAR details →
