make_tape_recovery Error

[suri_1]

I am trying to take a full system backup with make_tape_recovery. It fails with the following error:

# make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/0mn -B /oracle3/tmp/uxinstlf.recovery

...

...
lifcp: Cannot create SYSCMDS ; no space on the LIF volume
make_medialif: error - lifcp SYSCMDS failed, probable insufficient size for /ora
cle3/tmp/uxinstlf.recovery
ERROR: System Error, /opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif failed creating boot LIF
file.
ERROR: Failed to generate LIF on tape .

Can somebody help me?

Thanks
suri

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

HI


Try here:-


http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xd543af48a9e5d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html



Paula

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

Also it looks like that you have more data than tape can hold.

Ignite is designed to recover the OS, I would suggest that you make_tape_recovery for only vg00 and use fbackup etc for the rest of your data.


Paula

[yogesh_4]

Try to change your tape and then give same command. I hope it will solve your problem

[suri_1]

Thanks for the responses.

In this case its not even going to the Tape.
It fails before that. Anyway checked tape and drive. They are functioning fine (tar some files and read). BTW the tape is brand new.

Also the drive I have is a Ultrium 1 drive and the tape can hold 200GB compressed. SO should not be a problem.
My total data is about 20GB. SO I don't think thats a problem.

Any other areas I need to look?

Thanks
suri

[Michael Steele_2]

Have you recently installed ignite? (* Sounds like ignite isn't installed properly. *) Note this patch: PHSS_27406

swlist -l fileset -a state | grep -i -e ignite -e PHSS_27406

-also-

'check_patches' and check the verify logs.

The 'SYSCMDS' file exists under '/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/SYSCMDS'. So you might run 'cksum' on it and another server's copy for comparison.

[Fragon]

Hi,just some suggestions:
First of all, I think you can use "-x exclude=/dir" option to exclude some directory which contain large file(s) and not concerned with the O/S. For these data you can use fbackup tool.
If error occur again,please re-install the latest version of Ignite-UX.

Good luck!

-ux

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Suri,

Hmmm.. I thought I replied to this message.

This is a known error with Ignite. Install the patch PHSS_27407 (s700_800 11.00 Ignite-UX make_medialif patch). That should take care of it.

Try to minimize the size of your vg00 to as much as you can. Keeping non-OS filesystems in other volume groups is easy to maintain.

-Sri

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

It's patch problem you need install the
PHSS_27406 (or his newer version)
Or Install the newest version of ignite.

Caesar

[Tom Danzig]

The temporary location for the creation of the LIF file I believe is /var/tmp. If there is insufficient room to store it there, you might get this error. Check /var file system usage and clean up if you have less than 30 MB available.

I believe there is a command line switch to specify an alternate location to hold the LIF. I cannot confirm as I am not a an HP server right now.

Do a man on make_tape_recovery to find out.