topic Re: can't take backup on sco unixware 7.1.3 in StoreEver Tape Storage

can't take backup on sco unixware 7.1.3

mahmoud_5 — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:48:05 GMT

dear all;
i have Fujitsu primergy TX200 server with LSI mega raid card. i'm trying to bakup my files to the DAT72 dat drive. for the first time after reboot the following message appear "ksh: /dev/rmt/ctape1: cannot create [I/O error] "
after that it working ok and complete the backup but if i tried to restor it it halt after awhile with the following message
even after install the latest maintenance pack and the latest driver i got from both lsilogic and sco but nothing changed.
please help

Re: can't take backup on sco unixware 7.1.3

mahmoud_5 — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:51:26 GMT

sorry the error message when restore is "ux:cpio:HALT: cannot read from device"

Re: can't take backup on sco unixware 7.1.3

Mahesh Kumar Malik — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 03:18:49 GMT

Hi Mahmoud

Clean the tape head using cleaning tape and insert new media and then try backup and restore.

Regards
Mahesh

Re: can't take backup on sco unixware 7.1.3

mahmoud_5 — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:24:44 GMT

i already do that; i also changed both the drive and the tapes !