tar:end of tape

[Todd McDaniel_1]

guys,

I am trying to troubleshoot an issue for one of my app folks, they have recently run into an issue with tar having strange errors....but only recently.

When they tar up the day's logs which are also tarballs, they are starting to see unusual errors and nothing gets tarred after the error. Some of the tarballs being re-tarred are >2gb but i dont know if that matters.

here is the error...

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recently starting getting this error message when it get near the end of the file. (normally around the 2130 or 2200 hour file).

a telco_7a_20060719_1930.tar.gz 94171 blocks
a telco_7a_20060719_2000.tar.gz 95247 blocks
a telco_7a_20060719_2030.tar.gz 94926 blocks
a telco_7a_20060719_2100.tar.gz 94499 blocks
a telco_7a_20060719_2130.tar.gz 93830 blocks
Tar: end of tape
Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to quit.



When I did a tar tvf to check on the file it gets to the 2130 hour file and error with a message: Tar: error! Blicksize changed

[Todd McDaniel_1]

this is not going to a tape, just in a large filesystem so shouldnt be any problem with running out of room.

[Todd McDaniel_1]

can a tar ball be >2gb? or is it only that the input files cant be > 2gb?

I havent used this in so long i really dont know.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Out of the box the tar that ships with HP-UX 11.11 does not do tars bigger than 2 GB. There is a tar patch in the itrc patch database that permits files up to 8 GB.

You can also install gnu tar which also supports larger tar files.

SEP

[Jaime Bolanos Rojas. · Accepted solution]

Todd,

Yes tar has quite a few limitation, maybe you are running into one of them.

Please check this threads for more detail:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1019239
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1037090

Regards,

Jaime

[Peter Godron]

Todd,
for 'largefile' enabled tar ( and alternatives) please see thread :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1037090

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi,

You need to have GNU tar installed for this purpose.

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.15.1/

Also, Check this http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=PHCO_28992&sel={hpux:11.11,}&BC=main|search|

-Arun