Cannot restore from ignite

[stevegray]

Trying to restore a file from my ignite tape.
Server is an rx8640 running 11.31 with ignite
C.7.1.93

These are the commands I ran and the error:

chevy:/tmp# mt -f /dev/rmt/1mn rew
chevy:/tmp# mt -f /dev/rmt/1mn fsf 1
chevy:/tmp# tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0mn etc/lvmtab
Tar: blocksize = 2
directory checksum error

I then ran:

chevy:/tmp# mt -f /dev/rmt/1mn rew
chevy:/tmp# mt -f /dev/rmt/1mn fsf 1
chevy:/tmp# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/1mn >ignite.list 2>&1
chevy:/tmp# cat /tmp/ignite.list
Tar: blocksize = 2
directory checksum error

Does this mean my ignite tape is bad.
This is the command I run to create the ignit:

make_tape_recovery -v -I -x inc_entire=vg00 -a /dev/rmt/1mn

Thanks for the help
Steve

[Wim Rombauts · Accepted solution]

What is your platform ?
For Itanium, you need fsf 22
For PA-RISC, there is the /opt/ignite/bin/copy_boot_tape command to check the usability of an ignite tape.

[Tim Nelson]

Steve,

Your procedure should work, used it many times in the past, perhaps with older ignite version though.

What is the difference between rmt0 and rmt1 where the image was written.

Try the fsf 1 then tar vtf to see if you can list the entire contents.

[stevegray]

Tried that two. It would not list the contents. Everything worked when I used fsf 22.

[stevegray]

Closed.