Fbackup related

[Mitra Bhanu Rath_1]

Hi All,
My fbackup says "EOT",but my data which is being backed up is only 17 Gb.I am using DLT 8000 Drive for backup.Don`t know the reason why it is failing.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Assuming your are using the correct tape, you should at least get 40GB native capacity. It's conceivable that the drive detects a write error and simply reports that as EOT so trying a new medium would be a good idea. My other thought is that you are using the -s option so that symbolic links are being followed. In that case, bdf could report a small value but the backup could be much bigger.

[Mitra Bhanu Rath_1]

Hi Stephenson,
Yes I am using a right tape,and it should backup up 40 Gb data.And no i am not using
-s option with fbackup.And the most sad point is the backup is failing since last 16 days.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Have you tried inserting an additional tape.

[Mitra Bhanu Rath_1]

Thanks Stephenson for your prompt reply,

I have a problem,that server is at a remote site.And the backup is scheduled by autosys and it runs at midnight when no onsite people are availiable.But the point is the backup is failing since last 16 days ...and not all the tapes can be bad.And yes can this cos of DLT problem also...?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

At this point, you probably need to replace the tape drive. It would be interesting to know if the backups fail at the same point. Have you tried reading them back and listing the files? It would be very unusual for a tape drive to cause a failure at the same point in the backup.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

By the way, I assure you that no one who worked for me would get the slightest sympathy when he told me the backups had been failing for 16 days. Someone in your company needs to be made aware of how important this is. This is the kind of thing that can get you fired --- and rightly so.
The loss of 16 days of transactions is the kind of thing that can destroy a company.

[Mitra Bhanu Rath_1]

Thanks Stephenson,

First of all thanks for ur good words above...really appreciate.And Today our backup was successful when we took the back up manually without using the script.So,will go and check the script.And thanks for all the replys....Ten Points to U.

Bye