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тАО02-12-2005 11:59 PM
тАО02-12-2005 11:59 PM
boot tape create
I am trying to create a boot tape on Alpha DS20 through DAT surestore , i'm using sysman tool ,so every time i get the error log /var/adm/btcreate.log telling that the device must be tape ,i checked everything that seems to be ok ,could any one help me to fix the issue .
Thaks by advance .
Salem.
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тАО02-13-2005 05:01 PM
тАО02-13-2005 05:01 PM
Re: boot tape create
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тАО02-13-2005 07:53 PM
тАО02-13-2005 07:53 PM
Re: boot tape create
the tape-device must ONLY contain the tape-devicename (tape0) NOT the full path (/dev/tape/tape0)
here is an commandline example
/usr/sys/bin/btcreate
-d /tmp
-a /bvh/etc/empty
-k /usr/sys/conf/TOMCAT-D
-m mfs
-s /usr/lib/sabt/etc/fslist
-t tape0_d1
the fslist file contains filesystems to include on the backup tape (/ /var /usr)
i also have the
/usr/lib/sabt/etc/custom_disklabel_file
which contains the disklabel for the bootdisk
The backup-device need not be compatible to CREATE the bootable tape but offcourse is does to use for restore.
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тАО02-13-2005 09:27 PM
тАО02-13-2005 09:27 PM
Re: boot tape create
I have execute this command line below :
/usr/sys/bin/btcreate -t tape1 .
then at the end i get the following message :"Device must be a tape./usr/sys/bin/mktape exited abnormally."
thanks .
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тАО02-13-2005 09:35 PM
тАО02-13-2005 09:35 PM
Re: boot tape create
file /dev/tape/tape*
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тАО02-13-2005 11:23 PM
тАО02-13-2005 11:23 PM
Re: boot tape create
Looks like either your tape drive is not recognised or is incompatible. Please post the information requested by Pieter
regards
Mobeen
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тАО02-14-2005 01:23 AM
тАО02-14-2005 01:23 AM
Re: boot tape create
You will find in attached file the information you asked for .
Thanks .
Regards.
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тАО02-14-2005 04:28 PM
тАО02-14-2005 04:28 PM
Re: boot tape create
This might be due to the grep command in the mktape script. In /usr/sys/bin/mktape script, if you search for "Device must be a tape", there is a grep command preceding this line.
echo ${TAPE_DEV} | grep _d >/dev/null
The grep command is looking for a tape similar to tape
If you modify this to grep tape >/dev/null, it might temporarily solve the problem. But the correct solution should be to check for the validity of the tape device using commands like mt.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Sathya
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тАО02-16-2005 12:46 AM
тАО02-16-2005 12:46 AM
Re: boot tape create
i do not see output from the "file"-command
Sathya's answer suggest the script expects not only tape0 but tape0_d0 or tape0_d1 wich is related to density-settings used for the unit.
Pieter