Re: Can't backup old E20

From: hercom (hercom_at_ETB.NET.CO)
Date: 05/25/05

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    Date:         Wed, 25 May 2005 06:36:23 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Just for the purpose of making the mksysb, do the next:

    1. move the /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray to another name
    2. create an empty file named /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray
        (#touch /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray or
    # > /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray)
    3. Create the mksysb
    4. Test the mksysb
    5. Return the file /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray

    How did you fix the net issue?

    HC.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave
    Stewart
    Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:08 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Can't backup old E20

    Hi again all!

    I've got my old retired server running fine again and I thought it
    would be prudent to try to back this thing up. For some reason, it's
    not happy doing it though. I've first tried smitty savevg and
    ultimately tried savevg by itself, but keep getting the same weirdness:

    # savevg -m -X rootvg

    Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg.....

    Creating pseudo tape boot image..ln: 0653-421
    ./usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray exists.
         Specify -f to remove ./usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray before linking.
    .backup: 0511-449 An error occurred accessing
    ./usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray/: There are too many levels of symbolic
    links to translate a path name.

    0512-021 savevg: Attempt to create a bootable tape failed:
             mkinsttape /dev/rmt0.1 failed with return code 9.

    #

    (Dang it's nice to be able to copy/paste from this thing again!)

    Any idea why it's falling on it's face? Looking around, I've noticed
    that /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray is a link to itself:

    # cd /usr/lib/methods
    # l | grep chgfcparray
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 28 May 24 10:30 chgfcparray ->
    /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray
    #

    Yet if I remove it and run savevg again it's recreated and savevg once
    again fails with the same error (minus the prompts about it already
    existing and to supply the -f flag). So what's broken; where do I look
    to fix this? It would be nice to be able to do a backup on this thing.

    Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

    Dave Stewart
    Aqua~Flo Supply (Goleta CA)
    dstewart at aquaflo dot com

    The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed Mac
    OSX "Panther".

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