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тАО07-17-2003 04:49 PM
тАО07-17-2003 04:49 PM
Anyone has any idea why my fbackup failed?
I received the following
br_backup: Invoking fbackup. See /var/sam/log/br_log for details.
fbackup(1004): session begins on Fri Jul 18 01:30:01 2003
fbackup(3038): output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
fbackup(3019): would you like to enter a new output file?
fbackup(3004): writer aborting
fbackup(1002): Backup did not complete : Reader or Writer process exit
Have tried replacing with another working tape drive but still failed.
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тАО07-17-2003 04:55 PM
тАО07-17-2003 04:55 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Please supply:
# ls -l /dev/rmt/0m
# ioscan -fnkC tape
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тАО07-17-2003 05:05 PM
тАО07-17-2003 05:05 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Do some testing to see if the tape device file is correct.
mt -t /dev/rmt/0m rew
mediainit /dev/rmt/0m
Find out the correct device by using the command
ioscan -fnC tape
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тАО07-17-2003 05:30 PM
тАО07-17-2003 05:30 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Check lssf /dev/rmt/* and ensure hardware path is not question marks (ie, ???)
Ensure tape drive is supported on server and server has any enablement patches installed.
Check firmware.
Clean tape drive and use new tape
Test with tar.
Ensure cabling is correctly (and firmly) attached.
Check for hardware errors in cstm or for messages in syslog or event.log.
Just a few quick things that may help.
Cheers!
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тАО07-17-2003 06:12 PM
тАО07-17-2003 06:12 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Please find the output as follows :
#ls -l /dev/rmt/0m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x003000 Jul 2 03:55 /dev/rmt/0m
#ioscan -fnkC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
tape 1 0/0/1/0.4.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1533A
/dev/rmt/1m /dev/rmt/c0t4d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/1mb /dev/rmt/c0t4d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/1mn /dev/rmt/c0t4d0DDS
/dev/rmt/1mnb /dev/rmt/c0t4d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/c0t4d0BEST /dev/rmt/c0t4d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/c0t4d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c0t4d0DDSnb
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тАО07-17-2003 06:23 PM
тАО07-17-2003 06:23 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
# tar cvf /dev/rmt/1m /tmp
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тАО07-17-2003 06:42 PM
тАО07-17-2003 06:42 PM
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тАО07-17-2003 06:49 PM
тАО07-17-2003 06:49 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Will try and see if the backup is successful tonight.
Meanwhile, i have another HP-UX box which has the fbackup failed as well.
The /var/sam/log/br_log did reflect that the full backup started, but no exit code. But my br_index.full file wasn't updated, so I suspect the backup did not run at all.
Below is the message i got.
Any idea what went wrong ?
br_backup: Invoking fbackup. See /var/sam/log/br_log for details.
fbackup(1601): could not access -i/-e file /nfs
fbackup(1004): session begins on Fri Jul 18 02:50:01 2003
fbackup(1517): /net not backed up - 'n' option (NFS) not specified
fbackup(3203): volume 1 has been used 26 time(s)
fbackup(3024): writing volume 1 to the output file /dev/rmt/0m
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тАО07-17-2003 06:58 PM
тАО07-17-2003 06:58 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Those are warnings and your backup should be running.
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тАО07-20-2003 05:44 PM
тАО07-20-2003 05:44 PM
Re: fbackup fail - output file /dev/rmt/0m is not a valid device file for backup
Please help ! How to check what actually went wrong ?