Re: Ontape -s : Could not write archive tape

I then tried to copy a file using tar command to the tape; the ontape -s managed to run successfully; I guess previously , the tape subsystem still recognize the failed ontape command. The new tar command reinitialize back the tape ; Regards Fauziah To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Fauziah Ayob/MESINIAGA) From: "Sean Kelsey" <chilliinc@hotmail.com> @ MBEXT Date: 05/02/99 11:58:08 AM GMT Subject: Re: Ontape -s : Could not write archive tape Using kill -9 on any job that uses Online is risky. You, maybe, should have tried the -15 option first !! I think that the reason it won't archive to tape the second time is that the original ontape is still ruinning a thread - you will need to kill the process off within Informix (using onstat -u to get the thread thats running the ontape then use onmode -z or onmode -Z to kill it off ) We had a similar problem, and had to re-initialise the server. Also, try and investigate further as to why the archive hung in the first place. Is the TAPESIZE value too big for the tape ? Did anyone pop the tape out in error ? ( it has been done before, believe me ). Hope this helps Sean. Fauziah@mesiniaga.com.my wrote in message <79dt0m$5tp$1@news.xmission.com>... > >I performed a Level-0 archive using ontape -s command. It proceeded >until 50% then the terminal hang; >The process still alive even though I used "kill -9 " to terminate it. > >Then, I back-up the logical log. Only then I managed to succesfully >terminate the process using "kill -9". > >I issued the level-0 archive again . This time it say "Could not write >archive tape" > > >Any of you have faced similar error message? > >Appreciate if you could share your experience and knowledge. > > > >Thanking you for your time; > > >Best Regards >Fauziah Ayob > >