make_tape_recovery

[John Jayaseelan]

Hi,

Tried make_tape_recovery using following command resulted unsuccessful completion. Any reasons why?

# time make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -t "CCPROD1 System Recovery with VG00"
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* Creating local directories for configuration files and archive.

======= 12/11/03 09:53:48 GMT Started make_tape_recovery. (Thu Dec 11
09:53:48 GMT 2003)
@(#) Ignite-UX Revision B.4.4.29
@(#) net_recovery (opt) $Revision: 10.611 $

* Testing pax for needed patch
* Passed pax tests.
* Checking Versions of Ignite-UX filesets
* Creating System Configuration.
WARNING: The volume group /dev/vginf will be only partially included in the
System Recovery Archive. This means that not all files and
directories on this volume group will be restored when the archive is
installed. This message can be suppressed using the "-P s" option for
make_tape_recovery. See make_tape_recovery(1M) for more details.

* /opt/ignite/bin/save_config -f
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-11,09:53/system_cfg vginf vg00
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d101 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d102 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d103 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d104 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d105 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d106 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_d107 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_b108 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_b109 has unknown type of filesystem on t
save_config: warning - /dev/vginf/lvinf_b110 has unknown type of filesystem on t
* Backing Up Volume Group /dev/vginf
* /usr/sbin/vgcfgbackup /dev/vginf
Volume Group configuration for /dev/vginf has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vginf.f
* Creating Map Files for Volume Group /dev/vginf
* /usr/sbin/vgexport -p -m /etc/lvmconf/vginf.mapfile /dev/vginf
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vginf" is still active.

* Backing Up Volume Group /dev/vgult
* /usr/sbin/vgcfgbackup /dev/vgult
Volume Group configuration for /dev/vgult has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vgult.f
* Creating Map Files for Volume Group /dev/vgult
* /usr/sbin/vgexport -p -m /etc/lvmconf/vgult.mapfile /dev/vgult
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vgult" is still active.

* Backing Up Volume Group /dev/vguv
* /usr/sbin/vgcfgbackup /dev/vguv
Volume Group configuration for /dev/vguv has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vguv.cof
* Creating Map Files for Volume Group /dev/vguv
* /usr/sbin/vgexport -p -m /etc/lvmconf/vguv.mapfile /dev/vguv
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vguv" is still active.

* Backing Up Volume Group /dev/vg00
* /usr/sbin/vgcfgbackup /dev/vg00
Volume Group configuration for /dev/vg00 has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vg00.cof
* Creating Map Files for Volume Group /dev/vg00
* /usr/sbin/vgexport -p -m /etc/lvmconf/vg00.mapfile /dev/vg00
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vg00" is still active.

* Creating Control Configuration.
* Creating Archive File List
* Creating Archive Configuration

* /opt/ignite/bin/make_arch_config -c
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-11,09:53/archive_cfg -g
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-11,09:53/flist -n 2003-12-11,09:53 -r
32 -d Recovery\ Archive -t -i 3 -m t
* Saving the information about archive to
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/previews
* Creating The Tape Archive
Adding /opt/ignite/Version file to LIF.
43485+1 records in
43485+1 records out
* /opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_sys_image -c n -d /dev/rmt/0mn -t n -s
local -n 2003-12-11,09:53 -m t -w
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-11,09:53/recovery.log -u -R -g
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-11,09:53/flist -a 4784000

* Preparing to create a system archive

* Archiving contents of ccprod01 via tar image to local device/dev/rmt/0.
* 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 back-up:
/opt/cosmos/cosprint_2.1e/spool/1950.spl
/opt/cosmos/cosprint_2.1e/spool/1951.spl
/opt/cosmos/cosprint_2.1e/spool/1952.spl
/opt/hpnp/tmp/hpnp.11993
/opt/hpnp/tmp/pg.it_laser-1184
/opt/hpnp/tmp/ljx00012024
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-10,11:05/flist
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-10,12:34/flist
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-10,12:39/flist
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-10,12:42/flist
/var/tmp/ign_configure/make_sys_image.log

WARNING: There was a problem with the list of files/directories to archive.
Input: /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2003-12-11,09:53/flist
The following line(s) had too few/incorrect entries in each of them.
Problem lines:
line: 23 var/spool/cron/_at2981 106444 905961606 1025 2
ERROR: The make_sys_image command failed. The system recovery archive will
not be created.

======= 12/11/03 12:39:00 GMT make_tape_recovery completed unsuccessfully

real 2h45m13.17s
user 25m26.32s
sys 1h9m42.98s
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Thanks
John Jayaseelan

[Jean-Louis Phelix · Accepted solution]

Hi,

23 var/spool/cron/_at2981 106444 905961606 1025 2

23 means that file name is 23 chars long. Strangely, var/spool/cron/_at2981 is only 22 chars long. Could you check this file name using ll -b ? It perhaps contains control chars ?

Regards.

[John Jayaseelan]

Hi,

# ll -b /var/spool/cron/*29*|more
-r-Sr-Sr-- 1 root sys 1025 Sep 16 1998 /var/spool/cron/_at298
1

[Jean-Louis Phelix]

Hi,

I don't know what this file could be ... a AT jobs from 1998 ??? Perhaps you could try to move it on another vg and test your make_tape_recovery.

Regards.

[John Jayaseelan]

Phelix,

Moved onto another VG and trying make_tape_recovery .

Regards

[John Jayaseelan]

Hi,

This time completed with the following. Can this be considered as valid archive.

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* Archiving contents of ccprod01 via tar image to local device/dev/rmt/0.
* 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 back-up:
/opt/hpnp/tmp/ljx00025900
/var/tmp/ign_configure/make_sys_image.log

* Cleaning up old configuration file directories

======= 12/11/03 16:30:05 GMT make_tape_recovery completed with warnings

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Thanks

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Yes , This is a good archive. But I guess the warning message is something you need to look into. It could be a patching issue.


-USA..

[Steven E. Protter]

I just overcome this same problem.

If you remove the file its complaining about in the /var filesystem the archvie will create correctly.

No further modifications would be required, though the messaging is quite annoying.

SEP

[John Jayaseelan]

Steven,

You mean the file /var/tmp/ign_configure/make_sys_image.log. But there is no file

Thanks

[Jean-Louis Phelix]

Hi,

Yes the file has disapeared between the time flist file was built and pax was executed. Your archive is valid anyway ...

Regards.