tar restoration error

[himacs]

iam not able to restore data using tar command, iam getting below error, Please help on this.

Tar: blocksize = 0; broken pipe?
Tar: tape read error

[sujit kumar singh]

hi

you can see that there is a tape read error.
anyway can u please tell what the coammnd to created the archive and what is the command that is being used for restoration?

try reloading the media after cleaning the Tape Drive? Is there a cleaning indication on the tape?

regards
sujit

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

>>Tar: blocksize = 0; broken pipe?
Tar: tape read error<<

option (A)

# mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rewind
# tar tvf /dev/rmt/0mn
(if still broken pipe error)

option (B)
Try cleaning the "tape drive with Cleaning tape"

Good Luck!!

Tks,
Johnson

[himacs]

Thnkas guys,

But can anyone tell whats blocksize = 0; broken pipe?



himacs

[Jeeshan]

seems because of tape read error. actually what command you used to restore data and from where?

you can check this link

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=110615

[Dennis Handly]

>But can anyone tell what's blocksize = 0; broken pipe?

This just said it tried to read and the blocksize was 0. This could also happen with a broken pipe.

[sujit kumar singh]

hi

what was the command that was used to take the backup?

it can also be the case with a backup that was not taken using tar like was taken using vdump,fbackup etc and yiu might be trying to read that using the tar.


so please check in exactly what was the command that was used to create the backup on the media.

or can also be that you have advanced fsf using mt and tar is not able to read that FSF mark or no data in the FSF mark


regards
sujit


regards
sujit

[himacs]

hi all,

problem solved now.

it was tape problem.


thanks once again..

regards,
himacs