topic Re: Ignite backup not working in Operating System - HP-UX

Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:42:49 GMT

Hello Expert,

I have one parisc server with OS as HP-UX 11.11. I am trying to take ignite backup but getting error and backup failing because of that.

ERROR: "/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archive_cfg, line 387: syntax error

384 impacts = "/.netscape/cache" 40Kb

385 impacts = "/.netscape/xover-cache/host-news" 8Kb

386 impacts = "/.java" 8Kb

387 impacts = "/.java/.userPerfs/!' :bw"t!#4!a!"w!#4!bw"2" 8Kb

388 impacts = "/backup" 40Kb

389 impacts = "/backup/.dat" 8Kb

When I check the following error directory it has as follows:

1. /.netscape

drwx------ 5 root sys 8192 Mar 26 2006 .netscape

2. /.java

drwx------ 3 root users 8192 Dec 9 2010 .userPrefs

3. cd /backup
# ll
total 80
-rw-------   1 root       sys              0 Sep 17 2003 .ICEauthority
-rw-------   1 root       sys             63 Sep 17 2003 .TTauthority
-rw-------   1 root       sys             49 Sep 17 2003 .Xauthority
drwxr-xr-x 11 root       sys           8192 Sep 17 2003 .dt
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys           5451 Sep 17 2003 .dtprofile
-r--r--r--   1 root       sys           1089 Sep 17 2003 .profile
drwxr-xr-x   5 root       sys             96 Sep 17 2003 .sw

I checked with my Database and application team they all are saying these files are not related to them. Also all the directory have root and sys access. Just need you expert optinions can I proceed to delete these files to have successfull Ignite backup.

I can take ignite backup excluding these files but just want to get rid of these directory and have a successfull ignite backup without any issue.

Appreciate you expert help on this.

Regards,

P.S. This thread has been moved from HP-UX > System Administration to HP-UX > ignite - HP Forums moderator

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:15:50 GMT

>387 impacts = "/.java/.userPerfs/!' :bw"t!#4!a!"w!#4!bw"2" 8Kb

It looks like the problem is the embedded double quotes.

Ignite doesn't like embedded spaces and probably quotes too?

You could rename the file, get it backed up. And if anyone has problems, at least you have a copy.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:22:12 GMT

Hi Dennis,

I think double quote is only showing in ignite backup message log. In actual file or directory there is no double quote. You can see the structure of each directory in my earlier post

Can I delete these directory? will it cause any issue or any otherway to overcome this issue.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:26:02 GMT

>You can see the structure of each directory in my earlier post

You listed the directory only, not the content of .userPrefs.

When you list the content, please add -b so we can see unprintable chars.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:31:16 GMT

Thanks.Let me check and I will post the O/P here. Have weekend now so once start next week, surely I will check and update you.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:37:22 GMT

Hi,

I tried to look into the /.java & /.netscape /backup directory listwhich are causing issues in my ignite backup. The O/P are as follows:

# cd .java
# ll -b
total 16
drwx------ 3 root users 8192 Dec 9 2010 .userPrefs
# cd .userPrefs
# ll -b
total 0
-rw------- 1 root users 0 Dec 9 2010 .user.lock.root

-rw------- 1 root users 0 Dec 9 2010 .userRootModFile.root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 96 Dec 9 2010 _!':!bw"t!#4!a!"w!#4!bw"2

# cd .netscape

# ll -b
total 976
drwx------   2 root       sys             96 Aug 9 2003 archive
-rw-------   1 root       sys           4568 Aug 9 2003 bookmarks.html
drwx------ 34 root       sys           8192 May 20 2004 cache
-rw-------   1 root       sys         344064 Aug 9 2003 cert7.db
-rw-------   1 root       sys          24576 Mar 26 2006 history.dat
-rw-rw-r--   1 root       sys            112 Nov 14 2005 history.list
-rw-------   1 root       sys          32768 Aug 9 2003 key3.db
-rw-rw-r--   1 root       sys           1043 Mar 26 2006 liprefs.js
-rw-rw-r--   1 root       sys            298 Mar 26 2006 plugin-list
-rw-rw-r--   1 root       sys            298 Nov 14 2005 plugin-list.BAK
-rw-rw-r--   1 root       sys           2832 Mar 26 2006 preferences.js
-rw-rw-r--   1 root       sys            738 Mar 26 2006 registry
-rw-------   1 root       sys          32768 Mar 26 2006 secmodule.db
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       sys             96 Aug 9 2003 xover-cache

# cd ../backup
# pwd
/backup
# ll -b
total 80
-rw-------   1 root       sys              0 Sep 17 2003 .ICEauthority
-rw-------   1 root       sys             63 Sep 17 2003 .TTauthority
-rw-------   1 root       sys             49 Sep 17 2003 .Xauthority
drwxr-xr-x 11 root       sys           8192 Sep 17 2003 .dt
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys           5451 Sep 17 2003 .dtprofile
-r--r--r--   1 root       sys           1089 Sep 17 2003 .profile
drwxr-xr-x   5 root       sys             96 Sep 17 2003 .sw

Please suggest.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:13:54 GMT

>drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 96 Dec 9 2010 _!':!bw"t!#4!a!"w!#4!bw"2

So no unprintable chars, just Unix unfriendly chars.

As I said above, just rename it. Since it has both types of quotes, you need to do something like:

mv "_!':!bw\"t!#4!a!\"w!#4!bw\"2" _!SQ:!bwDQt!#4!a!DQw!#4!bwDQ2

Then you can look inside that directory.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:39:50 GMT

Hello Expert,

I am able to take ignite backup now but it is completing with the following WARNING:

WARNING: There was a problem with the list of files/directories to archive.
         Input: /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2013-02-04,WARNING: There was a problem
with the list of files/directories to archive.
         Input: /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2013-02-04,13:07/flist
         The following line(s) had too few/incorrect entries in each of them.
         Problem lines:
         line: 14 tntabhome/dat 40777 1120047583 96 0

I tried to list /tntabhome/dat if any special or non printable character is there but couldn't find any.

# ls -b tntabhome/dat
.cshrc        EFT001.pnd    atmcards.txt infile        sign
.exrc         NBBarch       autorel       interface     swift
.login        api           batchPosting lost+found    transfer
.profile      api_seq       crdcards.txt opc
.sh_history   arch          dump          rates

Anyhelp on this how to resolve this issue and take a ignite backup without any warning.

Regards

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:57:05 GMT

>I tried to list /tntabhome/dat if any special or non printable character

You need to list the directory itself, not the contents: (But if you were able to list it, then no blanks.)

$ ll -d -b tntabhome/dat

Can you look at the format of the lines around that line in /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2013-02-04,13:07/flist?

Search for the timestamp of 1120047583.

14 is the number of chars in "tntabhome/dat", so there is a blank on the end.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:47:21 GMT

Hello Dennis,

I tried to list /tntabhome/dat directory and it gives the following O/P.

# ll -d -b tntabhome/dat
drwxrwxr-x 16 tntabftp tntabtc4 2048 Dec 4 2006 tntabhome/dat

As per your suggestion I tried to view the /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2013-02-04,13:07/flist and tried to search 1120047583. I can see two entry over there which are as follows:

47 tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod3.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z 100644 1120047583 836941 818
47 tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod2.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z 100644 1120047600 27990163 27335

Please suggest.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:46:26 GMT

>tried to search 1120047583.

The time changed? Try searching for: 14 tntabhome.*40777

>47 tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod3.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z 100644

Is there really a space after "/dat"?

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:55:08 GMT

Hi,

Searched for 40777 and gives following O/P:

14 tntabhome/dat 40777 1120047583 96 0
19 tntabhome/dat /dump 40777 1120383967 96 0
47 tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod3.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z 100644 1120047583 836941 818
47 tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod2.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z 100644 1120047600 27990163 27335

yes there is a space between "/dat" and "/dump"

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:05:20 GMT

>yes there is a space between "/dat" and "/dump"

Then that's your problem. (It looks like neither ll -b or -q helps for spaces. )-:

You can rename it without an evil space: mv "tntabhome/dat " tntabhome/dat

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:40:48 GMT

Hi,

But I think "tntabhome/dat" & "/dump/dbpreeod2.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z" is the directory and file name so there should be spaces. But I don't see any spaces between "tntabhome/dat"

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:24:51 GMT

>But I think tntabhome/dat & ... is the directory and file name

Do you see the same pattern in other entries?

Can you provide the first 10 lines of flist?

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:22:24 GMT

Please find the requested O/P.

# more flist
5 stand 40555 1359365646 1024 8
16 stand/lost+found 40755 1060149331 65536 64
14 stand/ioconfig 100664 1359365607 6508 8
14 stand/bootconf 100644 1060149358 19 8
12 stand/system 100444 1284222323 1847 8
9 stand/krs 40755 1359636434 1024 8
27 stand/krs/_stand_vmunix.krs 100600 1359636434 69256 72
20 stand/krs/system.krs 100600 1359636434 24 8
14 stand/system.d 40755 1157982535 1024 8
18 stand/system.d/krm 100644 1157982535 174 8
11 stand/build 40755 1284223813 3072 8

Regards,

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:24:29 GMT

>47 tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod3.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z 100644 1120047583 836941 818

>5 stand 40555 1359365646 1024 8

So the number is the length of the file path. And so that 47 indicates there is a space at the end if "dat ".

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:34:09 GMT

Hi,

Thank you very much for your continous support.

It means I just need to edit flist and remove the space between tntabhome/dat /dump/dbpreeod3.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z

Re: Ignite backup not working

Dennis Handly — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:57:34 GMT

>It means I just need to edit flist and remove the space

No, you must rename that bogus directory with a space.

Re: Ignite backup not working

Syedfurquan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:16:00 GMT

Hi,

Where to change these directory name. Will it be like this?

mv tntabhome/dat tntabhome/dat/dump/dbpreeod3.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z
mv tntabhome/dat tntabhome/dat/dump/dbpreeod2.29-JUN-2005.dmp.Z

mv tntabhome/dat tntabhome/dat/dump

It will not change the full directory name /tntabhome/dat? I have many other directory inside /tntabhome/dat than /dump

This is a production server and becuase of that I am not doing without confirmation.

Regards,