Re: function write to tape failed code -1 errno 16

> Error number 16 may indicate the tape is already busy, you havn't got > TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV pointing at the same device? Nope. > Also check block > sizes, use dd to write to the tape and specify bs= whatever block size > you have in your onconfig file. That works. informix@moa:~> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/st0 bs=4096 count=4 4+0 records in 4+0 records out 16384 bytes (16 kB) copied, 11.7499 seconds, 1.4 kB/s > You don't mention platofrm, o/s or IDS. Linux 2.6.x, 10UC4 ontape isn't failing with the specific error anymore, now it just says: informix@moa:~> ontape -s Please enter the level of archive to be performed (0, 1, or 2) 0 Please mount tape 1 on /dev/st0 and press Return to continue ... could not write archive tape. Please mount tape 1 on /dev/st0 and press Return to continue ... And nothing useful in the log. I do have a down chunk (but the chunk has a mirror). Does that prevent ontape from working? (Wouldn't it just backup the mirror?). > > Doing a simple "ontape -s" and getting the following - > > "function write to tape failed code -1 errno 16" > > Anyone know what that means? > > Permissions are OK, I can tar/untar from the tape device as user > > informix. Tape drive and tape seem fine.