Tar error

[Raja_2]

Hi all,

I have problem with my backup on HP 11.00.
I got this error message from my backup script.

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a /opt/oradata/db0/system01.dbf 186128 blocks
Can't open /dev/tty to prompt for more media.
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I have never seen this message and I don't know what it means.
And I found another error from tar :
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Tar: tape error (5)
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Does anyone know error codes for tar ?


Thanks for any help.
Radim

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Exit code 5 is I/O error.

You have either a dirty tape, a faulty tape media or a corrupted tar archive in your tape.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
Your backup script is started by the cron i guess. So if there is a request for another tape, it cannot be shown on a terminal.
You should deviate the output to a mail and keep the process on hold, until you changed the tape. Be careful, that is does not timeout.
Check the attached file.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Just to add on, tar uses standard HP-UX error codes that can be referenced from /usr/include/sys/errno.h.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Animesh Chakraborty · Accepted solution]

Hi,
For Unix error code see /usr/include/sys/errno.h
5 = I/O error.

In case your /dev/tty is missing or corrupted
1. rm /dev/tty
2. mknod /dev/tty c 207 0x000000