fbackup supports Ultrium 960 ???

[Bejoy C Alias]

Anybody has any idea whether 'fbackup' is supported on Ultrium 960 ? I am getting the error "output file /dev/rmt/2m is not a valid device file for backup" . I am able to take backup on the same drive using tar and other tape backup tools.

[Sameer_Nirmal · Accepted solution]

Hi Bejoy,

fbackup support for Ultrium drives was added in patch PHCO_23914 in HP-UX 11.11
The latest patch is PHCO_28998 for HP-UX 11.11

If you are using 11.00 , then you would need equivalent patch. Look for the patch in patch database at ITRC for HPUX.
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

[Bharat Katkar]

You find the PHCO_28998 patch below:


http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.search|&patchid=PHCO_28998&context=hpux:800:11:11


Regards,

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi Bejoy,

if you are sure that the device file is the correct device file for that Ultrium device then try to install latest fbackup patch (which surely supports Ultrium drives): for HP-UX 11.11 already posted....for HP-UX 11.00 is

PHCO_23854:
Enhancement request for Ultrium tape drive support.

superseded by PHCO_33201.

HTH.

Best regards,
Fabio

[Bejoy C Alias]

Thanks to all...
I will try installing the patch....