Re: end of tape reached before TAPE SIZE

Posted in 1995

Bill Border — 4 Oct 1995 18:30:38 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

The ontape utility cannot deal with the end of a tape. period. We set TAPESIZE to 7GB. Our backup scripts read the ontape output and when it needs the 2nd (or 3rd ...) tape, it tell the operators to mount the next tape. When this is done, the script sends a \\n to ontape (with a named pipe). Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /*** Hewlett-Packard - CTS/Colorado Springs / ***\\ Address: 1900 Garden of the gods Road / \\ / Colorado Springs, CO 80907 /* / \\ /**\\ Mailstop: C103G /***\\ / \\/ \\ / \\ \\ Email: border@cs.itc.hp.com / Bill Border \\ \\ Phone: (Telnet/719) 590-3402 / SAP/Database Engineering Fax: (Telnet/719) 590-3596