Ignite Backup Failed complete

[James_343]

Received the followning information in the maketape.log file.

Recovery Archive Location =

[Helen French]

Are you doing a local Ingnite backup or remote backup? In any case, did you specify the destination location:

-a /dev/rmt/0mn
OR
-a hostname:location

[James_343]

The command that gets run is the following. This is the one thats been working all along. Weather the parms your mention get run during the execution of the ignite command below, I'm not sure. FYI, some pathces were applied before the this last backup was run.

sudo /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -vI -x inc_entire=vg00 | tee -a $logfile.

[Helen French]

Add the option -a with your command:

# make_tape_recovery -I -v -x inc_entire=vg00 -a /dev/rmt/?mn

/dev/rmt/?mn should be your tape drive location where you have the recovery tape installed. Check available device names from:

# ioscan -fnkC tape

[James_343]

We have this same mechanism in place and working on another system without defining the tape device and -a flag within the the sudo command. Is this simply a work around to get Ignite to see the drive is another patch required to fix the problem?

Thx

[Helen French]

That's true, even if you don't specify -a option with the tape device file, the system will take the default one that is /dev/rmt/0mn. Now, if you have changed the device file or tape drive or the SCSI ID recenly, then your device file also can change from /dev/rmt/0mn to 1mn or 2mn etc. Otherwise you should specify your default device on /var/opt/ignite/recovery/dafault file.

Now, to make sure all these, check your tape device files with the ioscan command I posted and make sure you are doing it right.

Also, if you haven't changed any of these in your system recently, there is a strong chance that a system patch will rectify these issues. Make sure you do a custom patch analysis and install your patches as well.

[James_343]

The Ignite backup has failed again. Please note the Recovery Archive setting "^P". it should read /dev/rmt/0mn. As idicated ealier, were running the same config in our Production environment and its working fine,

on May 10 19:28:51 EDT 2004
* Creating local directories for configuration files and archive.

======= 05/10/04 19:28:51 EDT Started /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery.
(Mon May 10 19:28:51 EDT 2004)
@(#) Ignite-UX Revision B.3.3.116
@(#) net_recovery (opt) $Revision: 10.543 $

* Testing pax for needed patch
* Passed pax tests.
* Recovery Archive Description = Recovery Archive

* Recovery Archive Location = ^P

* Number of Archives to Save = -1


ingxdev:/usr/local/logs# ioscan -fnkC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
tape 0 0/6/0/1.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM DLT8000
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c7t3d0BEST
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c7t3d0BESTb
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c7t3d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c7t3d0BESTnb