Re: Informix Backup ...

In article <6qt484$8at$1@news.xmission.com>, Kalyan_Thalavoipuram@amr-corp.com (Thalavoipuram, Kalyan) wrote: > > > We are doing a level 0 archive using ontape. It was working quite fine > for a long time. > Recently we are getting an error after 90 % of it is done ... The error > that we get is > > Archive failed - function write to tape failed code -1 errno 2. > > Does anybody know as to what to look for in this case. > > We are using INFORMIX-OnLine Verson 7.20.UC2 running on solaris 2.5 on > a sparc > Ultra-2 box. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Thanks, > Kalyan. > First guess is the tape is full, well not really, Informix is detecting the end of the tape from the device before it has reached the TAPESIZE. I suspect you are using a compression tape drive and not getting the compression you were expecting. It should clear if you decrease the TAPESIZE and have another tape ready. Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 #