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ontape restore fails on second tape

Posted in 2007

Topics: Backup & Restore, Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

KEN FISHER — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Running HP-UX 10.20 IDS 7.24. I have several multi-tape archives that all fail on the switch to the second tape with the error: Physical restore failed - The archive backup is corrupted. The latest archive is one that I created with no problems. I think I have seen this problem before but don't remember the solution. Could be the tape driver, a patch or Informix could have provided a different version of ontape.

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ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Are you using a no-rewind device? Or was the second part of the archive written to a location that's not the beginning of the tape? Either can cause similar problems. The fix to the second problem, at restore time, is to dd the tape file to the beginning of another tape. Art S. Kagel ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Fisher <ids@iiug.org> At: 7/16 12:08:21 Running HP-UX 10.20 IDS 7.24. I have several multi-tape archives that all fail on the switch to the second tape with the error: Physical restore failed - The archive backup is corrupted. The latest archive is one that I created with no problems. I think I have seen this problem before but don't remember the solution. Could be the tape driver, a patch or Informix could have provided a different version of ontape. ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.

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KEN FISHER — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

The device is not set up as "no rewind".

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