RE: ontape issues with AIX
You can use SMITTY -> DEVICES -> TAPE DRIVE
to set the tape block size (and related parameters) on AIX.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D. Stock [mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 4:39 PM
To: Ian Willetts
Cc: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: ontape issues with AIX
Ian Willetts wrote:
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this.
>
> I am using ontape to do a level0 backup on a 100Gb + database on AIX. I
get
> the error 'code -1 errno 6' just after loading a tape. Have tried to
tweek
> the TAPE size param but still am having problems.
On AIX I think you have to set the tape block size in the kernel. Check
the Informix release notes:
$INFORMIXDIR/release/*/*/...
Cheers,
--
Mark.
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