ontape could not write log tape error is coming

Hi, could not write log tape error is coming while taking ontape -c.Informix version is 7.3 tar command is working fine.In config file device entry is /dev/rct0. First the logical log backup is directed to harddisk.After DDS3-dat drive has installed. Guideme to restore the problem. tks palani

Hi, I'm not quite clear what you are doing. Are you backing up the logs to tape device or to files? The file or divice has to exist and must be writable for user informix. Some newer versions even do check for correct setting of file access rights. It is also possible that you have a space issue, i.e. not enough space in the file system or on the tape. You can get space issues on the tape if you have overestimated the tape devices compression capabilities. In that case you have to put a smaller LTAPESIZE value into your onconfig file. That's about what I can think of right now. Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management Informix URLs list: http://home.arcor.de/mfu1/informix/urls.html Informix in the news: http://www.crn.com/sections/software/software.jhtml?articleId=193004835 IBM Information On Demand Global Conference October 15-20, 2006, Anaheim, California see http://www.ibm.com/events/informationondemand informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 06.10.2006 09:02:22: > Hi, > > could not write log tape error is coming while taking ontape > -c.Informix version is 7.3 > tar command is working fine.In config file device entry is /dev/rct0. > > First the logical log backup is directed to harddisk.After DDS3-dat > drive has installed. > > Guideme to restore the problem. > > tks > palani > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

After you installe dthe dat drive, how did you update LTAPEDEV to tell it of the new drive? Did you edit onconfig or did you midfy the value using onmonitor If you edited onconfig then you need to restart IDS for the new parameter to take effect Palani wrote: > Hi, > > could not write log tape error is coming while taking ontape > -c.Informix version is 7.3 > tar command is working fine.In config file device entry is /dev/rct0. > > First the logical log backup is directed to harddisk.After DDS3-dat > drive has installed. > > Guideme to restore the problem. > > tks > palani

Hi, I have edited the onconfig file through vi editor and restartded the IDS.I attached configuration file. # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/rct0 # Tape device path#TAPEDEV /home/logbak # Tape device path #TAPEDEV /home/logbak0 # Tape device path for 0 Level TAPEBLK 512 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 4000000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/rct0 # Log tape device path#LTAPEDEV /home/logbak # Tape device path #LTAPEDEV /home/logbak0 # Tape device path for 0 Level LTAPEBLK 512 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 4000000 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) bye palani scottishpoet wrote: > After you installe dthe dat drive, how did you update LTAPEDEV to tell > it of the new drive? > > Did you edit onconfig or did you midfy the value using onmonitor > > If you edited onconfig then you need to restart IDS for the new > parameter to take effect > > > > Palani wrote: > > Hi, > > > > could not write log tape error is coming while taking ontape > > -c.Informix version is 7.3 > > tar command is working fine.In config file device entry is /dev/rct0. > > > > First the logical log backup is directed to harddisk.After DDS3-dat > > drive has installed. > > > > Guideme to restore the problem. > > > > tks > > palani