Re: Restoring file from MKSYSB (summary)

From: Stamper, Steve (sstamper_at_FOREMOST.COM)
Date: 04/29/04

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    Date:         Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:42:59 -0400
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Thanks for everyone's feedback. I tried everyone's suggestion (see snip
    below) and still ended up with the same results. I then started wondering
    if I had a bad tape so I did another MKSYSB; same results. I changed the
    block_size between 1024 and 512; same results. I then set the block_size to
    0 (variable) and TADA!!! This goes against what I have learned about MKSYSB
    tapes so I guess I need to do some research.

    Thanks everyone for your help - Steve

    <snip_o_failures>
    # tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
    # tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 2
    # restore -Tvf /dev/rmt0.1
    Please mount volume 1 on /dev/rmt0.1.
            Press the Enter key to continue.

    restore: 0511-160 Cannot read the backup media
             /dev/rmt0.1: There is an input or output error.

    # tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
    # restore -s4 -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./etc/motd
    Please mount volume 1 on /dev/rmt0.1.
            Press the Enter key to continue.

    restore: 0511-157 Cannot skip tape records.
    #

    # tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
    # restore -s3 -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./etc/motd
    Please mount volume 1 on /dev/rmt0.1.
            Press the Enter key to continue.

    restore: 0511-160 Cannot read the backup media
             /dev/rmt0.1: There is an input or output error.
    #

    # tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
    # restore -s2 -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./etc/motd
    Please mount volume 1 on /dev/rmt0.1.
            Press the Enter key to continue.

    restore: 0511-262 Read an unexpected end of file.
    #

    </snip_o_failures>

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