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тАО10-05-2004 08:40 PM
тАО10-05-2004 08:40 PM
Error on backup
I recently had a problem with the tape drive on my Alpha ES40.The drive was swapped out by the engineer on friday but will still not backup (see attached log file).
HELP!!
Thanks
Peter
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тАО10-05-2004 08:49 PM
тАО10-05-2004 08:49 PM
Re: Error on backup
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тАО10-05-2004 08:58 PM
тАО10-05-2004 08:58 PM
Re: Error on backup
To complement Gerard's advice, also use a cleaning tape before the backup, and use a brand new tape cartridge (not a re-used one) the first time.
See if that helps.
Kris
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тАО10-05-2004 09:27 PM
тАО10-05-2004 09:27 PM
Re: Error on backup
(BTW - reconsider the use of /IGNORE=INTERLOCK - its a Bad Thing - see the wise words of the Wizard http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_2467.html)
Purely Personal Opinion
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тАО10-05-2004 09:35 PM
тАО10-05-2004 09:35 PM
Re: Error on backup
I tend to fully agree with Gerard & Kris.
But first...
You MAY try using a new tape first:
%BACKUP-F-POSITERR, error positioning MKA400:[000000]DKA2.SAV;
That means that the tape unit can not determine the correct position to start writing.
That ao. occurs when your tape is faulty.
But, the default for BACKUP on writing to tape is /NOrewind. Now I am speculating that this is NOT the first saveset on the tape, and, if the previous backup to this tape did NOT do a nice, complete final processing,
(is it the same tape that caused the problem the first time, making you to get the engeneer in?) then the tape does not HAVE a position where the next write can begin, and so NO unit will EVER find that position!.
If that should be the case, then this tape can be READ, up to the point where the previous write failed, but it can only be written again after a (maybe implicit) INIT.
So, IF you can use the unit on a new tape, and IF you are prepared to loose the data currently on the tape, THEN the tape can probably be used again after INIT (or BACKUP/REWIND).
If you are still prepared to trust this tape again, only you can decide...
And be sure to follow Kris's advice: USE the cleaning tape (often enough!).
Cheers.
Have one on me.
Jan
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тАО10-06-2004 12:42 AM
тАО10-06-2004 12:42 AM
Re: Error on backup
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тАО10-07-2004 05:00 PM
тАО10-07-2004 05:00 PM
Re: Error on backup
VMS732_FIBRE_SCSI-V0400 is due out in the next week or so. It has an MKDRIVER fix for a spurious POSITERR. Although it doesn't looks like an exact match, it might be worth trying.