Alphastation 255 Open VMS troubles

[James Dolomount]

I'm fairly new at OpenVMS and errors really through me for a loop. I'm trying to restore from a backup tape to new harddrives installed in Alphastation 255 series machine.

Getting error message after I type the command
>>>MOUNT/FOREIGN DKA0:
The error message is
%MOUNT-I-OPRQST, Please Mount Device _SABKUP$DKA0:

DKA0 is my system hard disk and I get this error every time i try it. if I input the same command for the application HD, which is DKA100, the mount process works properly. What's up..... any help would be greatly appreciated.

[William Webb_2]

Are you booted from an OpenVMS binaries CD?

WWWebb

[Robert Gezelter]

James,

Try MOUNT/FOREIGN/OVERRIDE=ID DKA0:

I also strongly suspect that the prompt you are getting is a "$", not the ">>>" of the console subsystem (the console generates a different series of messages).

The %MOUNT message after a MOUNT/FOREIGN/OVERRIDE=ID will display the volume name. You will also have to specify /INITIALIZE on the output volume.

The full documentation can be found on the OpenVMS www site at http://www.hp.com/go/openvms

I hope that the above is helpful.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[James Dolomount]

Yes, i have booted from the CD.

[James Dolomount]

Bob, you are correct the command i typed was after the $.

$$$MOUNT/FOREIGN DKA0:

Jamie

[Dale A. Marcy]

I do not believe the /Over=Id is required for Mount/Foreign. At least I have never used it.

What is the output of SHOW DEV D?

[James Dolomount]

I've tried command
$$$ MOUNT/FOREIGN/OVERRIDE=ID DKA0:

and received the same reply/error as before
%MOUNT-I-OPRQST, Please Mount Device _SABKUP$DKA0:

[James Dolomount]

Results of "SHOW DEV D"

Dev Name | Dev Status | Err Cnt

DAD0: Online 0
SABKUP$DKA0: Online 20
SABKUP$DKA100: Online 0
SABKUP$DKA400: Mounted wrtlck 0
SABKUP$DVA0: Online 0

[Robert_Boyd]

The fact that you see an error count of 20 does not look promising.

There is a chance that you are having any of a variety of hardware problems.

It is possible that the drive is failing.
You could have a loose or bad/failing cable or other connector component between the system and the drive. The SCSI interface on the system might be failing.
ANother possibility is that there is another device on the SCSI bus that is masquerading as device 0.

Make sure all the cables/connectors in the SCSI chain are firmly in place and that the terminator(s) are enabled in the right place(s).

You might try changing the SCSI ID of the drive to one of the available remaining IDs to see if that changes the behavior.

If that fails to change the behavior, then it is fairly likely you have a hardware problem that will require a replacement of the drive or possibly a component of the system.

[Vladimir Fabecic]

Hello
What is your OS version?
$ MOUNT/FOREIGN should mount every disk device that is SUPPORTED in current OS version. It does not even have to be initialized.
If you can not mount a disk, it may not be supported or you have a hardware problem.
Can you send output of:
>>> show device
so we can see what kind of disk you have.