Re: Error while listing a saveset file.

From: Alan E. Feldman (spamsink2001_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: 31 Aug 2004 07:24:12 -0700

"jay" <qwerty@asdf.lkj> wrote in message news:<10j863pamplc046@corp.supernews.com>...
> Hi
>
> I am encountering the following error message while listing a saveset using
> backup command.
> Any idea as to why this happens.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
> - JAY
>
> VTXNJ1> set file/att=(rfm:fix,lrl=9216, rat=none) PVP04501_C-NEW.C;1
> VTXNJ1> backup/list PVP04501_C-NEW.C/save
> Listing of save set(s)
> %BACKUP-E-READERRS, excessive error rate reading
> SS_USER:[SYSTEM_GJT]PVP04501_C-
> NEW.C;1
> -BACKUP-E-HDRCRC, software header CRC error
> %BACKUP-I-OPERSPEC
> %BACKUP-I-OPERASSIST, operator assistance has been requested
> Interrupt
> VTXNJ1>
> Interrupt

Either the save set is corrupt or you still do not have the file attributes correct.

Try this (from the HP Web site):

$! RESET_BACKUP_SAVESET_ATTRIBUTES.COM
$!
$! P1 is the specification of the BACKUP saveset
$!
$! This procedure resets the record format and record
$! length attributes of a BACKUP saveset -- savesets
$! can get "broken" during certain sorts of file
$! transfers -- such as FTP. This procedure reads the
$! (undocumented) saveset record attributes directly
$! out of the target file.
$!
$! First render the saveset readable, and implicitly
$! check that the file exists.
$!
$ Set File -
    /Attributes=(RFM:FIX,MRS:512,LRL=512,ORG=SEQ,RAT=NONE) -
    'p1'
$
$ Open/Error=whoops/Read BckSaveset 'p1'
$ Read/Error=whoops/End=whoops BckSaveset Record
$ Close/Nolog BckSaveset
$
$! Find the blocksize from within the record...
$
$ BlockSize = 0
$ BBH_L_BLOCKSIZE = %x28*8
$ BlockSize = F$CVUI(BBH_L_BLOCKSIZE, 32, Record)
$ If BlockSize .lt. 2048 .or. BlockSize .gt. 65535
$ Then
$ Write sys$output "Unexpected block size"
$ Goto whoops
$ Else
$ Set File /Attributes=(RFM:FIX,LRL='BlockSize', -
       MRS='BlockSize',RAT=none) -
       'p1'
$ endif
$ exit
$WHOOPS:
$ Write sys$output "Error"
$ exit

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