error when creating ignite

[steven Burgess_2]

Hello again

I am new to all this, can't you tell. 3 questions this evening.

Error message when making recovery tape

/usr/bin/dd if="/usr8/uxinstlf.recovery" of="/dev/rmt/0mn" bs=2k >>
/var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1 2>&1
817+0 records in
816+1 records out
I/O error

My initial would be to clean the drive and try a new tape. If that failed have the drive replaced. Am i on the right tracks?

Thanks in advance

[Michael Tully]

Hi Steven,

First off, if the cleaning light is not
on, the drive should be okay. First
thing I would do is change the tape for
a new one. It is always a good idea to
use a new tape for something as important
as creating a system recovery tape. By all
means clean the drive, but unless the
orange light is one you shouldn't need to.

The best way to create a make recovery tape
is:

# make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn

HTH
-Michael

[Michael Tully]

Hi Steven,

Try to cut some other test tapes like
trying to backup say /opt or /usr
using fbackup or tar.

# tar cvf /dev/rmt/0m /opt (to create)
# tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m (to read contents)

# fbackup -i /opt -f /dev/rmt/0m
# frecover -I /tmp/tape.out -f /dev/rmt/0m
or
# frecover -Nv -f /dev/rmt/0m

-Michael

[Ruediger Noack]

Hi,

may be blocksize of 2k is not a good idea. Try with default blocksize (without bs=)

Ruediger

[George_Dodds]

Hi Steve,

If your using the dds tapes then definately try a new one, it wouldn't harm to clean the drive anyway as there was allways problems with them.

If it's in the midrange room, it was allways a bit dusty in there.

Have fun

George