Re: Ontape Level 0 Archive Aborts Itself....

On Thu, 04 Jun 1998 10:10:03 +0100, Paul Watson <watson@mcmail.com> wrote: >MS CARLEEN C AVANT wrote: > >> Hi, >> Hoping someone can shed some light on the following. We are running >> Informix ODS 7.24.UC2 on Sun Ultra Enterprise 4000 utilizing Solaris 2.6 >> We are using an Exabyte EXB-8500 tape drive; 8mm Helical Scan 7GB >> uncompressed tape. We have the following in our onconfig: >> TAPEDEV /dev/rmt/0mb >> TAPEBLK 1024 >> TAPESIZE 6809600.>> A few days ago we loaded the remainder of our production data. We were >> able to get one successful 0 level archive. It prompted for a second tape >> (for the first time since migration) with no problem. Yesterday we received >> OS Error #28....no space left on device. The Informix message log states >> "internal subsystem error...archive aborted by client". It never prompted >> for an additional tape. >> The system administrator has reviewed the documentation regarding tape >> drive, tapes, etc. for our platform and can find nothing specific pointing >> to a problem. Are we overlooking anything here? Perhaps any bugs of which >> we are unaware? Would appreciate any feedback in trying to resolve this >> issue so we can obtain a good level 0 archive. Thanks for your help. >> >> Carleen Avant >> Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil > >> > > The tape is full before Informix is expecting an EOT. I'd try using >/dev/rmt/0 as this is the 'real' no compression drive for the tape. I can't >remember what the mb options are but there are incompatibilities between SVR >and BSD tape drivers with respect to Informix. > > >-- >Paul Watson # >WF Software Ltd # If it ain't broke, >Tel: +44 1436 674729 # fix it till it is. >Fax: +44 1436 678693 # >www.wfsoftware.co.uk # > > Have you checked that your first working level 0 tape is exactly the same as the next level 0 tape , and also try reducing the TAPESIZE parameter just in case. Clive