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Re: backup problem

 
Fadia Almarei
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backup problem

Dear All
i have the following error in my HP11i system,i do the backup on the tape and the error is as the following
"a /u01/oracle/oa11idata/log01a.dbf 40962 blocks
Can't open /dev/tty to prompt for more media.
"
what cause the problem and how to solve it.
fadia.marei
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Steven E. Protter
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Re: backup problem

Looks like you are running fbackup with cron.

The backup is too beg for the tape. It wants to prompt for a second tape, but it can't because there is no terminal(tty) device to talk to.

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Ranjith_5
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Re: backup problem

Fadia Almarei
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Re: backup problem

steven
the server connected directly to a terminal and the files i do backup for is the same as that i did yesterday
fadia.marei