ontape backup error message

I am getting the following error message randomly. The backup works most of the time. I don't know what is the meaning of this error message. IDS Version: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC2 UNIX OS Version: Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1a I am using Maxell - Super DLTtape I - 160GB / 320GB Tape and the TAPE setting in onconfig file are: TAPEDEV /dev/tape/tape8_d1 TAPEBLK 256 TAPESIZE 150000000 # ontape -s -L 0Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... 10 percent done. 20 percent done. 30 percent done. 40 percent done. 50 percent done. 60 percent done. Tape is full ... Please label this tape as number 1 in the arc tape sequence. This tape contains the following logical logs: 1030635 Please mount tape 2 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... 70 percent done. 80 percent done. Archive failed - function open tape device /dev/tape/tape8_d1 failed code -1 errno 5 Program over. Thank you in advance. Kanti Bakarania

Errno 5 is an i/o error. Suggest cleaning your tape drive and maybe new tapes. You may want to check o/s h/w logs for actual tape drive problems. -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of KANTI BAKARANIA Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:13 AM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: ontape backup error message [22730] I am getting the following error message randomly. The backup works most of the time. I don't know what is the meaning of this error message. IDS Version: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC2 UNIX OS Version: Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1a I am using Maxell - Super DLTtape I - 160GB / 320GB Tape and the TAPE setting in onconfig file are: TAPEDEV /dev/tape/tape8_d1 TAPEBLK 256 TAPESIZE 150000000 # ontape -s -L 0Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... 10 percent done. 20 percent done. 30 percent done. 40 percent done. 50 percent done. 60 percent done. Tape is full ... Please label this tape as number 1 in the arc tape sequence. This tape contains the following logical logs: 1030635 Please mount tape 2 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... 70 percent done. 80 percent done. Archive failed - function open tape device /dev/tape/tape8_d1 failed code -1 errno 5 Program over. Thank you in advance. Kanti Bakarania ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.

Hello! According to linux errno.h file, your error code means: #define EIO 5 /* I/O error */ So you may check on your operational system for (maybe) some additional information..... Hope it helps. Best regards. Em 09/02/2011 10:12, KANTI BAKARANIA escreveu: > I am getting the following error message randomly. The backup works most of > the time. I don't know what is the meaning of this error message. > > IDS Version: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC2 > UNIX OS Version: Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1a > > I am using Maxell - Super DLTtape I - 160GB / 320GB Tape and the TAPE setting > in onconfig file are: > > TAPEDEV /dev/tape/tape8_d1 > TAPEBLK 256 > TAPESIZE 150000000> > # ontape -s -L 0> Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... > 10 percent done. > 20 percent done. > 30 percent done. > 40 percent done. > 50 percent done. > 60 percent done. > > Tape is full ... > Please label this tape as number 1 in the arc tape sequence. > This tape contains the following logical logs: > > 1030635 > > Please mount tape 2 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... > 70 percent done. > 80 percent done. > > Archive failed - function open tape device /dev/tape/tape8_d1 failed code -1 > errno 5 > > Program over. > > Thank you in advance. > > Kanti Bakarania > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > -- Alexandre Marini Tecnologia da Informação - DBA msn: alexandre_marini@hotmail.com SEFAZ-MS / SGI-UGSR / Sistemas IBM-Informix Cert-Info-Mgmt_color <Cert-Info-Mgmt_color.jpg> IBM Certified System Administrator - Informix Dynamic Server V10 / V11

Try setting TAPESIZE to 0 ; this will cause ontape to detect the end of tape rather than using the size you have set. On 9 February 2011 14:12, KANTI BAKARANIA <kbakarania@pascoclerk.com> wrote: > I am getting the following error message randomly. The backup works most of > the time. I don't know what is the meaning of this error message. > > IDS Version: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC2 > UNIX OS Version: Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1a > > I am using Maxell - Super DLTtape I - 160GB / 320GB Tape and the TAPE > setting > in onconfig file are: > > TAPEDEV /dev/tape/tape8_d1 > TAPEBLK 256 > TAPESIZE 150000000> > # ontape -s -L 0> Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... > 10 percent done. > 20 percent done. > 30 percent done. > 40 percent done. > 50 percent done. > 60 percent done. > > Tape is full ... > Please label this tape as number 1 in the arc tape sequence. > This tape contains the following logical logs: > > 1030635 > > Please mount tape 2 on /dev/tape/tape8_d1 and press Return to continue ... > 70 percent done. > 80 percent done. > > Archive failed - function open tape device /dev/tape/tape8_d1 failed code > -1 > errno 5 > > Program over. > > Thank you in advance. > > Kanti Bakarania > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > -- Nick Lello | Web Architect o +44 (0) 8433309374 | m +44 (0) 7917 138319 Email: nick.lello at rentrak.com RENTRAK | www.rentrak.com | NASDAQ: RENT --001485f5aea4e6157b049bdd08a8