Re: Informix Backup part II

Allen Jantzen wrote: > Recently we are getting an error after around 70% of it is done ... > The error that we get is > > Archive failed - function write to tape failed code -1 errno 28. > > Does anybody know what the 28 means????? The error numbers below 100 come from the operating system, not from Informix. On my platform (Online 5.10 on SINIX 5.43), it means: -28 No space left on device. Sounds like your TAPESIZE parameter in the ONCONFIG file is set too high and the tape fills up while ontape still thinks there should be space left. ontape doesn't handle this type of error, you always have to make sure that there is enough space. ontape will prompt you for a new tape when TAPESIZE is reached, not when the tape reports that it is full. Do you have a tape drive with compression, and did you set TAPESIZE to the capacity claimed by the vendor for optimal compression? Forget about these numbers, they are always overoptimistic. Be VERY conservative with your TAPESIZE parameter, then you should stay clear of trouble. HTH, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3413 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | GSM : +49-172-8933578 | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+