about the error copy-e-closein

[Lionel Liu]

Hello there,

I was trying to copy a RDB database backup file from tape to disk, the file is about 20G
with following command, but I ran into following error message

mount/ov=id mke500:

copy mke500:[000000]rsdata.rbf dkd100:[rsback]

%COPY-S-COPIED, MKE500:[]RSDATA.RBF;1 COPIED TO DKD107:[RSBACK]RSDATA.RBF;1(2397161 RECORDS)
$COPY-E-CLOSEIN,ERROR CLOSING MKE500:[]RSDATA.RBF;1 AS INPUT
-RMS-E-DAC, ACP FILE DEACCESS FAILED DURING $CLOSE
-SYSTEM-W-BLOCKCNTERR, BLOCK COUNT ERROR

Could somebody shed some light on it?

Thanks in advance

Lionel

[Kris Clippeleyr · Accepted solution]

Lionel,

The most important message is the BLOCKCNTERR
If you do a HELP/MESS BLOCKCNTERR you can read that:
"The number of blocks read differs from the number of blocks recorded in the trailer labels when a file that is opened for a read operation id deaccessed."

It also says:
"...the magnetic tape is probably defective."

Hope this helps,
Kris (aka Qkcl)

[Lionel Liu]

Thanks very much, I will try with another
tape copy

Lionel