topic Frecover error in Operating System - HP-UX

Frecover error

Jose Rigoberto Barocio — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:16:38 GMT

The result for my backup is success but when i want to do a frecover i can't.

This is the error message:

Starting file recovery...
frecover(5435): malloc error while attempting to read index
frecover(4301): /tmp/dayofbackup not recovered from backup media

what can i do? kernel parameters?
thanks!!!

Re: Frecover error

Navin Bhat_2 — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:25:17 GMT

Known issue.
-------

The problem is that frecover wants to allocate enough memory to hold the
entire index located near the front of the tape but unable to allocate enough
memory to do so.

To address this the kernel tunable maxdsiz needs to be increased. The amount
to which it needs to be increased depends on the size of the index file.

If your system has maxdsiz at the default value of 64Mb try increasing it to
128Mb or 256Mb. The other alternative is to recover the index using frecover
and see how big it is (See the frecover man page and the -I option) and
base how big maxdsiz should be on the size of the index file recovered.

You can manually change your system file and recreate your kernel or use
SAM to change the value of maxdsiz.

Re: Frecover error

rachelgomez_123 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:05:42 GMT

Tips to fix-

Choose Start Windows Normally.
Remove recently added hardware.
Boot into Last Known Good Configuration.
Run Startup Repair.
Rebuild BCD.
Run CHKDSK.
Reinstall Windows.

Regards,

Rachel Gomez