Directory chechsum error

[Handover Saganya]

Hi All
I have a problem, i was in the process of restoring my SAP DEV box from a Production tape, then it compalined about a path in the restore script that i was using. I edited the script then when i tired to run the command tar -tvf PRD-NODE0000.scr it started giving me the error directory chesum error. i am on hp-ux 11.23 and db2 database.
Thank you

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

can you try or check with "options" -i
sometime "tar cannot look into the symbolic links

or tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0

[Steven Schweda]

"tar" sometimes says "directory checksum
error" when some I/O error occurs, or when
it's confused in any way by the contents of
the archive.

> [...] then it compalined about a path in
> the restore script that i was using.

Is the actual error message a secret, or
could you share it?

> [...] I edited the script [...]

That explains approximately nothing.

Showing the actual commands you're using with
their actual output is often more helpful
than vague descriptions and interpretations.

> i am on hp-ux 11.23 [...]

Are you using the same "tar" program to
create the tape and to read the tape?

[Dennis Handly]

Did you rewind the tape? Did you compress/gzip it when you wrote it?

[Kapil Jha]

Are you sure backup was completed properly.
checksum error suggest some problem in making tar.

well are you getting any good output for
tar tvf file.tar.

BR,
Kapil+

[Handover Saganya]

Hi Guys
Thanks so much for your prompt response, i finally got it right, the problem was withn the tar image on the tape, i had to do another offline backup and recreate the control file and all worked fine.
Thanks so much

[Handover Saganya]

I had to re-do an offline backup and again and then used a new control file and did the restore again it worked fine

[thatiraju]

HEy ..

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Raj