[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce S. Skinner) writes: > Hello Don, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Bruce: > > > > I don't want you to feel like we are all jumping on you, but... > > > > First: > > > > I noticed that you have used localhost (127.0.0.1) as the address > > for your network connections, and as the archives will illustrate > > in incredible detail, we generally consider that a Bad Idea (Tm). > > This appears to have been the problem. > > > Second: > > > > Removing the holding disk from the picture actually makes the picture > > more murky, not less. If you have a holding disk, then the backup > > of the data happens in two parts, separating the dumper process of > > getting the data off of the disk to be backed up and onto the holding > > disk, and then the taper process moves the backed up data from > > the holding disk to the tape drive. Combining the two obscures > > where the actual problem is: in the dumper or in the taper. > > My natural instinct is to look at the tape drive and the taper > > portion of the process, since that is a more mechanically driven > > process and past history (mine) indicates that most of the errors > > that I have encountered have been there. > > > > Repeat the experiment, correcting these two issues and I think the > > picture will get a little clearer. > > > Repeated successfully. Reconfigured for the real world, (added more > DLE's, bigger tapecycle, bigger runtapes, etc.) and it appears to be > functioning. One dump has been moved to tape and another is building > on the holding disk. Tomorrow we'll see how it turned out. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Success. Many thanks to all the folks who contributed to that success. regards :-) BruceS -- Bruce S. Skinner Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic 9 Grove St. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P.O. Box 1012 <http://www.drdc-rddc.dnd.ca> Dartmouth NS CANADA tel: (902) 426-3100 x205 B2Y 3Z7 fax: (902) 426-9654