frecover index file problems

[maria paschali]

hi,

I am getting the following error when i run the following :-

root@/tmp $frecover -I /tmp/month_bkp -f /dev/rmt/0mn
frecover(2105): did not find expected file marker
frecover(5419): checksum on volume header is incorrect.
frecover(5420): not an fbackup volume; magic value is incorrect
frecover(2105): did not find expected file marker
frecover(5412): Do you wish to try to salvage this volume? (^[nN]/^[yY]) n
frecover(5411): Do you wish to try a different volume? (^[nN]/^[yY]) n
frecover(5414): abort selected

Does anyone know how I am meant to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

Maria

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi Maria,

Use the "rewind" device in place of the "norewind" one.

in place of /dev/rmt/0mn use /dev/rmt/0m

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

Firstly rewind your tape
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0m rew
# /usr/sbin/frecover -I /tmp/month_bkp -f /dev/rmt/0m

Don't use the don't rewind device
(/dev/rmt/0mn)

HTH
-Michael

[maria paschali]

Thanks guys.

That helped