topic Error VMS/VAX V6.2 Crashed, While Taking Image Backup in Operating System - OpenVMS

Error VMS/VAX V6.2 Crashed, While Taking Image Backup

monish_1 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:18:40 GMT

Hi

I am using VMS VAX V6.2 & was take image backup of my system disk & got the follwong message while performing image backup.
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Primary CPU Database = 83FC4000
Crash CPU Database = 83FC4000
-F-DOSD Boot Control Block empty for system disk.
System Shutdown Complete. - Use console to halft system.
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What is the cause which gives me the above error & How to rectify?
I tried image backup two-three times same error.

Please Advise Me

Thanks in Advance

Bye

Monish

Re: Error VMS/VAX V6.2 Crashed, While Taking Image Backup

Hoff — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:59:10 GMT

Sorry; that's not an answerable question. What was included is not the error that triggered the crash, that's the (generic) end of an OpenVMS crash sequence.

The trigger for this could be a hardware error, or could be a software error.

ANALYZE /ERROR and ANALYZE /CRASH commands here would be a reasonable first steps, to try to localize the trigger.

OpenVMS VAX V6.2 also has a number of ECO kits and if you're not current on those kits, install those kits now. There are bugs in the file system and in device drivers and other components that can all generate misbehavior.

The other discussion is the sheer age of the hardware and software here; if this is the same VAX 4000 model 705A box that was mentioned elsewhere, this gear is over a decade old and pieces here are certainly candidates for failures. You need to plan for this.

Re: Error VMS/VAX V6.2 Crashed, While Taking Image Backup

Volker Halle — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:25:39 GMT

Monish,

please set DUMPSTYLE=3 and repeat the command. If the system crashes, please provide the full console output.

Volker.