Re: Meaning of tape error no.

> > I tried to restore a database from archive (Online version 5.01), and got > the message: > > "Error reading from tape device, Error No. = 5." > > I've tried to RTFM, but can't seem to find any reference to the meaning of > "Error #5". What does this error mean? Better yet, is there any reference > to what all the tape errors are and what they mean? Thanks. > On the more recent versions of Informix (>=5.0, I think) there is a program called "finderr" which will give you (hopefully! :) OS specific info on errors between -1 and -99. I run this for SCO OpenServer 5 and got: -5 I/O Error. An operating system error code with the meaning shown was unexpectedly returned to the database server. Look for operating system error messages that may give more information. In particular, try to determine what device produced the error, and whether it held the database or some other kind of file. So, not particularly useful then. At a stab, I'd say your tape was buggered... HTH. -- Ciao, Billy +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Billy Wheeler Director The West Solutions Group | | | | (E) billy@west.co.za (U) http://www.west.co.za/billy.html | | (W) +27 11 803 2151 (F) +27 11 803 2189 | | (C) +27 83 250 2324 (H) You must be joking! | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+