fbackup actual size

[Ngoh Chean Siung]

Hi,

fbackup(1005): run time: 4830 seconds
fbackup(1030): warnings encountered during backup
fbackup(3055): total file blocks read for backup: 8182530
fbackup(3056): total blocks written to output file /dev/rmt/0m: 8453985

After the fbackup completed,
1)What does the block mean?
2)How much (Kb) data was already backup?
3)What does the figure inside the bracket stands for?

regards.

regards

[Steve Steel · Accepted solution]

Hi



1)Block = Fbackup name for 1K 1024 byte

2)8180530 data kb and 8453985 kb on tape include all fbackup usage like interblock gaps

3)Indicates message number from fbackup

see
dumpmsg /usr/lib/nls/msg/C/fbackup.cat

For most messages

Steve Steel

[Ngoh Chean Siung]

Hi,

Just to clarify:
1) U mean 1 block is equal to 1kbytes, right?
2) So, total backup size is 8453985kbytes (~8GB), right?

regards

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Yes you are right. Refer man pages as well.

sks

[Ngoh Chean Siung]

Currently I am using DDS2 tape device and Sony tape 120P (after compressed is up to 8GB). But why I managed to backup the file system more than 8GB without prompting me the message to use second tape? Below is the message after file system backup completed.

fbackup(1005): run time: 4662 seconds
fbackup(1030): warnings encountered during backup
fbackup(3055): total file blocks read for backup: 8275197
fbackup(3056): total blocks written to output file /dev/rmt/1m: 8538233

8538233/1024/1024 = 8.14GB

regards.