archecker error message

Posted in 2000

Summary

billybob reported that archecker printed thousands of 'ERROR: Unable to open a partition file' lines yet ended with archive validation passed, and wanted to know what it meant before trusting the tape for restore. Oyvind Gjerstad said they had the same until getting a newer archecker (4.5 versus the 4.4 shipped with IDS 7.31.UC2). billybob, running 4.4 on 7.31.UC2, asked whether a restore had worked. Unresolved.

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Topics: Storage & Space Management

billybob — Fri, 06 Oct 2000 14:07:55 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Earlier this year there was a posting asking about the following archecker error message: ERROR: Unable to open a partition file This line occurs thousands of times in the message log. It is then followed by a list of table names as each table is checked. The message log then ends with: STATUS: Table checks PASSED STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs2 STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/raimgbs STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dltimgbs STATUS: BLOBChunk checks PASSED TIME: [10/05/2000 08:55:55] Checking Completed STATUS: Tables/Fragments validated: 774 Archive Validation Passed I could not find a response to the earlier posting regarding the error message. One of the problems is that it appears that archecker is validating the backup but there is still that error message. I would like to resolve that error message before I can feel comfortable in using this tape for a restore. Can someone help me with the error message? What does it indicate? -- BillS Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Doug Agnew — Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:50:03 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Pardon me for asking the obvious, but what ERROR message???? Doug "billybob" <whseverd@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8rkmbk$8ef$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > Earlier this year there was a posting asking about the following > archecker error message: > > ERROR: Unable to open a partition file > > This line occurs thousands of times in the message log. It is then > followed by a list of table names as each table is checked. The > message log then ends with: > > STATUS: Table checks PASSED > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs2 > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/raimgbs > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dltimgbs > STATUS: BLOBChunk checks PASSED > TIME: [10/05/2000 08:55:55] Checking Completed > STATUS: Tables/Fragments validated: 774 > Archive Validation Passed > > I could not find a response to the earlier posting regarding the error > message. One of the problems is that it appears that archecker is > validating the backup but there is still that error message. I would > like to resolve that error message before I can feel comfortable in > using this tape for a restore. Can someone help me with the error > message? What does it indicate? > > -- > BillS > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

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billybob — Fri, 06 Oct 2000 19:46:21 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Doug: ERROR: Unable to open a partition file(third typed line of my posting) BillS In article <uonD5.11964$%f7.72787@news2.atl>, "Doug Agnew" <dagnew@charlottepipe.com> wrote: > Pardon me for asking the obvious, but what ERROR message???? > > Doug > > "billybob" <whseverd@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:8rkmbk$8ef$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > Earlier this year there was a posting asking about the following > > archecker error message: > > > > ERROR: Unable to open a partition file > > > > This line occurs thousands of times in the message log. It is then > > followed by a list of table names as each table is checked. The > > message log then ends with: > > > > STATUS: Table checks PASSED > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs2 > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/raimgbs > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dltimgbs > > STATUS: BLOBChunk checks PASSED > > TIME: [10/05/2000 08:55:55] Checking Completed > > STATUS: Tables/Fragments validated: 774 > > Archive Validation Passed > > > > I could not find a response to the earlier posting regarding the error > > message. One of the problems is that it appears that archecker is > > validating the backup but there is still that error message. I would > > like to resolve that error message before I can feel comfortable in > > using this tape for a restore. Can someone help me with the error > > message? What does it indicate? > > > > -- > > BillS > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > -- BillS Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Doug Agnew — Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:43:02 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

DUH I only looked at the message log printout..... Old Blind Doug (in search of a seeing-eye doug) "billybob" <whseverd@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8rla6d$odl$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > Doug: > > ERROR: Unable to open a partition file(third typed line of my posting) > > BillS > > In article <uonD5.11964$%f7.72787@news2.atl>, > "Doug Agnew" <dagnew@charlottepipe.com> wrote: > > Pardon me for asking the obvious, but what ERROR message???? > > > > Doug > > > > "billybob" <whseverd@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:8rkmbk$8ef$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > Earlier this year there was a posting asking about the following > > > archecker error message: > > > > > > ERROR: Unable to open a partition file > > > > > > This line occurs thousands of times in the message log. It is then > > > followed by a list of table names as each table is checked. The > > > message log then ends with: > > > > > > STATUS: Table checks PASSED > > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs > > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for > blobchunk /dev/Development/dadimgbs2 > > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/raimgbs > > > STATUS: Check overhead pages for blobchunk /dev/Development/dltimgbs > > > STATUS: BLOBChunk checks PASSED > > > TIME: [10/05/2000 08:55:55] Checking Completed > > > STATUS: Tables/Fragments validated: 774 > > > Archive Validation Passed > > > > > > I could not find a response to the earlier posting regarding the > error > > > message. One of the problems is that it appears that archecker is > > > validating the backup but there is still that error message. I > would > > > like to resolve that error message before I can feel comfortable in > > > using this tape for a restore. Can someone help me with the error > > > message? What does it indicate? > > > > > > -- > > > BillS > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Before you buy. > > > > > > -- > BillS > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

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�yvind Gjerstad — 09 Oct 2000 15:33:35 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

billybob <whseverd@yahoo.com> writes: > Earlier this year there was a posting asking about the following > archecker error message: > > ERROR: Unable to open a partition file We had this as well until we got a newer version from Informix. The old version was 4.4 and it came with IDS 7.31.UC2, not sure with newer versions. $ archecker -VInformix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC3XA Program Name: archecker Version: 4.5 Released: 07/28/99 01:54 Compiled: 07/28/99 01:58 on HP-UX B.10.20 U $ -- 'yvind Gjerstad Systems dept DFDS Tollpost-Globe AS N-6301 'ndalsnes/Norway E-mail: ogj@tollpost.no Phone: +47 7122 6663 Fax: +47 7122 6694

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billybob — Mon, 09 Oct 2000 17:38:18 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Mr. Gjerstad: We are running Archecker v 4.4 on 7.31 UC2. When you ran the old version of archecker, did you ever attempt to restore from a tape that returned the error message(ERROR: Unable to open partition file? Were you successful? Bill S In article <wrn1gem95c.fsf@tglobe3.tollpost.no>, ogj@tglobe3.tollpost.no ('yvind Gjerstad) wrote: > billybob <whseverd@yahoo.com> writes: > > > Earlier this year there was a posting asking about the following > > archecker error message: > > > > ERROR: Unable to open a partition file > > We had this as well until we got a newer version from Informix. > The old version was 4.4 and it came with IDS 7.31.UC2, not sure with > newer versions. > > $ archecker -V> Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC3XA > Program Name: archecker > Version: 4.5 > Released: 07/28/99 01:54 > Compiled: 07/28/99 01:58 on HP-UX B.10.20 U > $ > > -- > 'yvind Gjerstad Systems dept DFDS Tollpost-Globe AS N-6301 'ndalsnes/Norway > E-mail: ogj@tollpost.no Phone: +47 7122 6663 Fax: +47 7122 6694 > -- BillS Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.