Onbar problems

Does anyone have any idea why am I getting these errors while doing backups with onbar? We have a Sun Ultra 3500 with DLT7000 tape backup. Auto Management is turned on, so we don't label the tape manually. When I do a Unix system backup with the ufsdump command, all works fine. I did not try to do a restore because its a new box and we don't have test environment set up yet. I have several questions interleaved between this log file. Here is a log after putting in a new tape in the DLT and issuing the onbar -b -L 0 command. 05/15/00 21:06:08 nsrd: /dev/rmt/0un verify label operation in progress 05/15/00 21:07:00 nsrd: media notice: volume "" on device "/dev/rmt/0un": read 16384 bytes, expected block size of 131072, check system device configuration, disab... 05/15/00 21:07:01 nsrd: /dev/rmt/0un label operation in progress 05/15/00 21:08:28 nsrd: media notice: volume "Unknown" on device "/dev/rmt/0un": read 16384 bytes, expected block size of 131072, check system device configuration... Where do I set up a block size for the tape ? Using volume name `Sunbailey.ISMData.0002' for pool `ISMData' 05/15/00 21:10:11 nsrd: media warning: /dev/rmt/0un moving: fsf 1: I/O error I get this I/O error every time I start a backup with onbar, why? When you start a backup, does the tape rewind to read a label and then go back to its starting point? When I issue the onbar command, the tape for some reason rewinds and then moves forward before it starts writing. 05/15/00 21:10:17 nsrd: media event cleared: backup to pool 'ISMData' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s) 05/15/00 21:10:17 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:10:21 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 done saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 1.4 MB 05/15/00 21:10:23 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:13:52 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB 05/15/00 21:13:52 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:15:58 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 done saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 1141 MB 05/15/00 21:16:24 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:19:59 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB 05/15/00 21:20:00 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:20:54 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 done saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 498 MB 05/15/00 21:20:56 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:24:30 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB 05/15/00 21:24:30 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:26:06 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 done saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 889 MB 05/15/00 21:26:27 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:30:06 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB 05/15/00 21:30:06 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/15/00 21:30:36 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 done saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 251 MB 05/15/00 21:31:11 nsrd: write completion notice: Writing to volume Sunbailey.ISMData.0002 complete 05/16/00 11:22:19 nsrd: shutting down 05/16/00 11:22:19 nsrd: successful shutdown 05/16/00 11:27:30 nsrd: server notice: started 05/16/00 11:27:31 nsrmmdbd: media db is cross checking the save sets 05/16/00 11:27:31 nsrmmdbd: media db is open for business 05/16/00 11:27:36 nsrindexd: checking index for sunbailey 05/16/00 11:27:37 nsrindexd: completed checking 1 client(s) 05/16/00 11:27:37 nsrd: index notice: completed checking 1 client(s) 05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: License Summary (No Enterprise Enabled): 05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Available: sv=1, ws=0, clu=0, borrowed=0 05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Remaining: sv=1, ws=0, clu=0 05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Connected Legacies: (1) 05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: sunbailey 05/16/00 13:42:44 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog mount operation in progress 05/16/00 13:42:53 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog verify label operation in progress 05/16/00 13:43:20 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog label operation in progress There is that I/O error again -> it happens every time you start onbar?????!? 05/16/00 23:10:03 nsrd: media warning: /dev/rmt/0un moving: fsf 44: I/O error 05/16/00 23:11:15 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 05/16/00 23:11:18 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 done saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 282 KB 05/16/00 23:11:21 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002)

On Fri, 19 May 2000 15:29:17 GMT, Paul Jazwierski <uszko@earthlink.net> wrote: Hi Paul, First: I am not an expert here, I have just started to run some tests with onbar. I label the volumes by hand. I start the archive by: onbar -b -L0 as you do. My DLT device is /dev/rmt/0cbn and not /dev/rmt/0un, you could try to change this. I can do a restore by: onbar -r I can do a restore by: onbar -r -t "time_stamp" Please let me hear if this helped you. Regards Poul Pedersen >Does anyone have any idea why am I getting these errors while doing >backups with onbar? We have a Sun Ultra 3500 with DLT7000 tape backup. >Auto Management is turned on, so we don't label the tape manually. When >I do a Unix system backup with the ufsdump command, all works fine. I >did not try to do a restore because its a new box and we don't have test >environment set up yet. I have several questions interleaved between >this log file. > >Here is a log after putting in a new tape in the DLT and issuing the >onbar -b -L 0 command.> >05/15/00 21:06:08 nsrd: /dev/rmt/0un verify label operation in progress >05/15/00 21:07:00 nsrd: media notice: volume "" on device >"/dev/rmt/0un": read 16384 bytes, expected block size of 131072, check >system device configuration, disab... >05/15/00 21:07:01 nsrd: /dev/rmt/0un label operation in progress >05/15/00 21:08:28 nsrd: media notice: volume "Unknown" on device >"/dev/rmt/0un": read 16384 bytes, expected block size of 131072, check >system device configuration... > >Where do I set up a block size for the tape ? > > >Using volume name `Sunbailey.ISMData.0002' for pool `ISMData' >05/15/00 21:10:11 nsrd: media warning: /dev/rmt/0un moving: fsf 1: I/O >error > > >I get this I/O error every time I start a backup with onbar, why? >When you start a backup, does the tape rewind to read a label and then >go back to its starting point? When I issue the onbar command, the tape >for some reason rewinds and then moves forward before it starts writing. > >05/15/00 21:10:17 nsrd: media event cleared: backup to pool 'ISMData' >waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s) >05/15/00 21:10:17 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:10:21 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 done >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 1.4 MB >05/15/00 21:10:23 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:13:52 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB >05/15/00 21:13:52 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:15:58 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 done >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 1141 MB >05/15/00 21:16:24 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:19:59 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB >05/15/00 21:20:00 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:20:54 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 done >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 498 MB >05/15/00 21:20:56 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:24:30 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB >05/15/00 21:24:30 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:26:06 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 done >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 889 MB >05/15/00 21:26:27 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:30:06 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB >05/15/00 21:30:06 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/15/00 21:30:36 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 done >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 251 MB >05/15/00 21:31:11 nsrd: write completion notice: Writing to volume >Sunbailey.ISMData.0002 complete >05/16/00 11:22:19 nsrd: shutting down >05/16/00 11:22:19 nsrd: successful shutdown >05/16/00 11:27:30 nsrd: server notice: started >05/16/00 11:27:31 nsrmmdbd: media db is cross checking the save sets >05/16/00 11:27:31 nsrmmdbd: media db is open for business >05/16/00 11:27:36 nsrindexd: checking index for sunbailey >05/16/00 11:27:37 nsrindexd: completed checking 1 client(s) >05/16/00 11:27:37 nsrd: index notice: completed checking 1 client(s) >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: License Summary (No Enterprise Enabled): >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Available: sv=1, ws=0, clu=0, borrowed=0 >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Remaining: sv=1, ws=0, clu=0 >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Connected Legacies: (1) >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: sunbailey >05/16/00 13:42:44 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog mount operation in progress >05/16/00 13:42:53 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog verify label operation in progress > >05/16/00 13:43:20 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog label operation in progress > >There is that I/O error again -> it happens every time you start >onbar?????!? > >05/16/00 23:10:03 nsrd: media warning: /dev/rmt/0un moving: fsf 44: I/O >error >05/16/00 23:11:15 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) >05/16/00 23:11:18 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 done >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 282 KB >05/16/00 23:11:21 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >

Simple question: Did you use the NON-rewinding tape definitions? If not, then your backups are useless, because ISM has to have COMPLETE control of that tape drive. Your error messages sound like it ran out of data doing the fsf.... HTH, Doug <poulp.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3927fce2.29821280@q8n... > On Fri, 19 May 2000 15:29:17 GMT, Paul Jazwierski > <uszko@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > First: I am not an expert here, I have just started to run some tests > with onbar. > I label the volumes by hand. > I start the archive by: onbar -b -L0 as you do. > My DLT device is /dev/rmt/0cbn and not /dev/rmt/0un, you could try to > change this. > I can do a restore by: onbar -r > I can do a restore by: onbar -r -t "time_stamp" > > Please let me hear if this helped you. > > Regards > > Poul Pedersen > > >Does anyone have any idea why am I getting these errors while doing > >backups with onbar? We have a Sun Ultra 3500 with DLT7000 tape backup. > >Auto Management is turned on, so we don't label the tape manually. When > >I do a Unix system backup with the ufsdump command, all works fine. I > >did not try to do a restore because its a new box and we don't have test > >environment set up yet. I have several questions interleaved between > >this log file. > > > >Here is a log after putting in a new tape in the DLT and issuing the > >onbar -b -L 0 command.> > > >05/15/00 21:06:08 nsrd: /dev/rmt/0un verify label operation in progress > >05/15/00 21:07:00 nsrd: media notice: volume "" on device > >"/dev/rmt/0un": read 16384 bytes, expected block size of 131072, check > >system device configuration, disab... > >05/15/00 21:07:01 nsrd: /dev/rmt/0un label operation in progress > >05/15/00 21:08:28 nsrd: media notice: volume "Unknown" on device > >"/dev/rmt/0un": read 16384 bytes, expected block size of 131072, check > >system device configuration... > > > >Where do I set up a block size for the tape ? > > > > > >Using volume name `Sunbailey.ISMData.0002' for pool `ISMData' > >05/15/00 21:10:11 nsrd: media warning: /dev/rmt/0un moving: fsf 1: I/O > >error > > > > > >I get this I/O error every time I start a backup with onbar, why? > >When you start a backup, does the tape rewind to read a label and then > >go back to its starting point? When I issue the onbar command, the tape > >for some reason rewinds and then moves forward before it starts writing. > > > >05/15/00 21:10:17 nsrd: media event cleared: backup to pool 'ISMData' > >waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s) > >05/15/00 21:10:17 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:10:21 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 done > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 1.4 MB > >05/15/00 21:10:23 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:13:52 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 > >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB > >05/15/00 21:13:52 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:15:58 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 done > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 1141 MB > >05/15/00 21:16:24 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:19:59 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 > >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB > >05/15/00 21:20:00 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:20:54 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace1/0 done > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 498 MB > >05/15/00 21:20:56 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:24:30 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 > >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB > >05/15/00 21:24:30 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:26:06 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace3/0 done > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 889 MB > >05/15/00 21:26:27 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:30:06 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 > >continuing save to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 2000 MB > >05/15/00 21:30:06 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/15/00 21:30:36 nsrd: sunbailey:<1>INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace4/0 done > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 251 MB > >05/15/00 21:31:11 nsrd: write completion notice: Writing to volume > >Sunbailey.ISMData.0002 complete > >05/16/00 11:22:19 nsrd: shutting down > >05/16/00 11:22:19 nsrd: successful shutdown > >05/16/00 11:27:30 nsrd: server notice: started > >05/16/00 11:27:31 nsrmmdbd: media db is cross checking the save sets > >05/16/00 11:27:31 nsrmmdbd: media db is open for business > >05/16/00 11:27:36 nsrindexd: checking index for sunbailey > >05/16/00 11:27:37 nsrindexd: completed checking 1 client(s) > >05/16/00 11:27:37 nsrd: index notice: completed checking 1 client(s) > >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: License Summary (No Enterprise Enabled): > >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Available: sv=1, ws=0, clu=0, borrowed=0 > >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Remaining: sv=1, ws=0, clu=0 > >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: Connected Legacies: (1) > >05/16/00 11:28:00 nsrd: sunbailey > >05/16/00 13:42:44 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog mount operation in progress > >05/16/00 13:42:53 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog verify label operation in progress > > > >05/16/00 13:43:20 nsrd: /disk0/ifxlog label operation in progress > > > >There is that I/O error again -> it happens every time you start > >onbar?????!? > > > >05/16/00 23:10:03 nsrd: media warning: /dev/rmt/0un moving: fsf 44: I/O > >error > >05/16/00 23:11:15 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > >05/16/00 23:11:18 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/rootdbs/0 done > >saving to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) 282 KB > >05/16/00 23:11:21 nsrd: sunbailey:INFORMIX:/ifxbailey/dbspace2/0 saving > >to pool 'ISMData' (Sunbailey.ISMData.0002) > > > > >