fabckup 3014 error

[Sobrido]

Hi,
When I try the following command line :
fbackup -n -f /dir1 -i /dir2
where dir1 is a local directory on my hd and dir2 is a nfs mounted directory, I get the following error/output:

fbackup(1004): session begins on Thu Sep 25 10:57:48 2003
fbackup(3024): writing volume 1 to the output file /dir1

fbackup(3014): WRITE ERROR: could not write to the output file
fbackup(3004): writer aborting
fbackup(1002): Backup did not complete : Reader or Writer process exit

I don't know why it does that, my hd has enough free space and this command works for another NFS mounted directory ...

Any help appreciated ...

[Steven E. Protter]

The error is reasonably clear in this case.


Do

bdf /dir1
bdf /dir2

If the total kb in /dir1 exceed /dir2 there isn't enough space.

The bdf command will probably hang, telling you that the nfs mount is stale. If network connectivity is still there, you should be able to fix it like this:

umount /dir2
mount /dir2

If this fails see if the nfs server is still running. If so, check its /etc/exports file and if needed:

exportfs -a

If that fails, consider restarting NFS:

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core stop



/sbin/init.d/nfs.core start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

If all these steps fail, consider booting the nfs server.

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[T G Manikandan]

You can try a different way

Like enable remsh on the remote machine by making entries into /.rhosts

Do a fbackup from the local server

# remsh systemB /etc/fbackup -f systemA:/dev/rmt/0m -g graph-file


The 'graph-file' wil contain the directories which you will backup.

Please revert

[Steven E. Protter]

I like TG's answer better than mine.

I'd do his suggestion with Secure Shell if it worked.

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

SEP