WARNING: A log backup is already running. Can't start another.
Dpto. Informatica ran two IDS 7.31.UC2 servers on one HP-UX 10.20 machine; onbar -l worked for server B but failed for server A with 'A log backup is already running'. Wolf D. Pichler said onbar shows as onbar, not ontape, and the warning is normal when a log backup is in progress; he guessed two servers might need a second onbar process. Unresolved.
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Hello,
I've two servers on same machine. Server A, Server B.
I've two scripts: ALARMPROGRAM for server A and ALARPROGRAM for Server
B.
"Onbar -l" in server B run OK. But "onbar -l" on server A don't run.
When this message ocurred, I test server with "onbar -u, onbar -g act,
onbar -g ath". I don't see any proccess like "ontape".
Why !!. I don't understand nothing.
Can I help me ?.
System:
IDS.731.UC2
HP-UX 10.20
1.) you cant see ontape, when you use onbar. Try "ps -ef|grep onbar".
2.) "WARNING: A log backup is already running. Can't start another." is
normal even if you have only one server.
It means, that an onbar is saving a logfile right now and the next logfile
became full while the backup of the
last one was still in progress. A new onbar cant be started, but the actual
onbar will save the second logfile also.
3.) Hmmmm, two servers .... maybe there will occur this problems also ....
never thought about this .... maybe you
have to use a second process "onbar1" or something like this ...
Regards
W.Pichler
Dpto. Informatica <navidul@retemail.es> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
389F1D6B.AEF1B323@retemail.es...
> Hello,
>
> I've two servers on same machine. Server A, Server B.
> I've two scripts: ALARMPROGRAM for server A and ALARPROGRAM for Server
> B.
>
> "Onbar -l" in server B run OK. But "onbar -l" on server A don't run.
>
> When this message ocurred, I test server with "onbar -u, onbar -g act,
> onbar -g ath". I don't see any proccess like "ontape".>
> Why !!. I don't understand nothing.
>
> Can I help me ?.
>
> System:
>
> IDS.731.UC2
> HP-UX 10.20
>
>
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"Wolf D. Pichler" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>1.) you cant see ontape, when you use onbar. Try
"ps -ef|grep onbar".
<br>2.) "WARNING: A log backup is already running. Can't start another."
is
<br>normal even if you have only one server.
<br>It means, that an onbar is saving a logfile right now and the next
logfile
<br>became full while the backup of the
<br>last one was still in progress. A new onbar cant be started, but the
actual
<br>onbar will save the second logfile also.
<br>3.) Hmmmm, two servers .... maybe there will occur this problems also
....
<br>never thought about this .... maybe you
<br>have to use a second process "onbar1" or something like this ...
<p>Regards
<p>W.Pichler
<p>Dpto. Informatica <navidul@retemail.es> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
<br>389F1D6B.AEF1B323@retemail.es...
<br>> Hello,
<br>>
<br>> I've two servers on same machine. Server A, Server B.
<br>> I've two scripts: ALARMPROGRAM for server A and ALARPROGRAM for Server
<br>> B.
<br>>
<br>> "Onbar -l" in server B run OK. But "onbar -l" on server A don't run.
<br>>
<br>> When this message ocurred, I test server with "onbar -u, onbar
-g act,
<br>> onbar -g ath". I don't see any proccess like "ontape".
<br>>
<br>> Why !!. I don't understand nothing.
<br>>
<br>> Can I help me ?.
<br>>
<br>> System:
<br>>
<br>> IDS.731.UC2
<br>> HP-UX 10.20
<br>>
<br>></blockquote>
Thanks for you attention,
<p>First notice:
<p>The problem is random.
<p>Well,
<p>When the problem ocurred, I use the various command for test the situation:
<p>ps -ef | grep onbar ...... nothing
<br>ps -ef | grep onbar_d .... nothing
<p>onstat -u | grep informix ..... nothing
<br>onstat -g ath | grep ontape ..... nothing
<p>for to avoid problems with logical log full,
<br>I use manually, onbar -l, until the backup is succesfull, many times.</html>