Ignite Warning

[Waqar Razi]

I am getting a warning message on Ignite as follows:

pax: Unable to prompt user: /dev/tty is unavailable.
WARNING: The pax command returned a non-zero exit status (exit status 1).
* Creation of system archive complete.
NOTE: The following files are in the list of files that were on the
system, but they are no longer present. These files are not
included in the backup:
/var/tmp/ign_configure/make_sys_image.log

* Archive created and rewind the tape to beginning of tape.

* Cleaning up old configuration file directories


======= 09/08/08 12:16:18 EDT make_tape_recovery completed with warnings


** CHECK WARNINGS, pax non-zero return code **

Can some one give me an idea about it?

[Ivan Krastev · Accepted solution]

> pax: Unable to prompt user: /dev/tty is unavailable.


Your Ignite image cannot fit on one tape and pax ask you for another tape.

Try to reduce archive size or use bigger tapes.

regards,
ivan

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Wagar:

This appears to be a case of a non-interactive 'make_tape_recovery' that required as second tape for its archive.

Post the actual commandline used, please.

Also, what type of tape (DDS4, etc) did you use?

Regards!

...JRF...

[Alex Glennie]

check the /var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest/recovery.log and post contents if incomplete above, could be linked with : http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1196580

or is this a scheduled operation in which case see -> Patch Name: PHCO_35998 or equivalent.

( SR:8606292410 CR:JAGae56173 )
When pax(1M) needs user attention, it opens /dev/tty to
display messages. If this happens when the command is
run from a cron/at job the open fails because there is
no controlling terminal and we get the following
message.

pax: Unable to prompt user: /dev/tty is unavailable

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

This means the image can not be trusted.

The image build did not complete normally.

Do not rely on this image at all. Resolve problems before using image or sending tape to DR facility.

SEP

[Waqar Razi]

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -n 9 -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn -P s \
-x inc_entire=vg00 \
-x include=/opt

We use a script that is run by autosys (schedular) to run ignite backup once a month.

We are using DDS 1.

I have another question in this regard.

Can we use DDS 4 tape on DDS 1 or DDS 3 drive?

[Ivan Krastev]

With this option:
-x inc_entire=vg00

it's a good idea to add
-exclude=/var/adm/crash

to reduce archive size.

regards,
ivan

[Tim Nelson]

>>Can we use DDS 4 tape on DDS 1 or DDS 3 drive?

The older drives will spit out the DDS4 tape.

The DDS4 will read DDS1/3. Always backward compat not forward.