> > In the deep recesses of my dusty memory I recall getting duplicate > entries with one "MISSING" when I was testing the new server I was > using. I no longer have those results so I can't confirm it and > at the time I may have ignored it thinking it was an artifact of > running multiple dumps in the same day. > > Is this just a one-time event, or have you seen it regularly? >
It happens sometimes, I really can't pinpoint when or why. The file aparently are always all backuped. > The only recent time I've seen "MISSING" messages was when I > intentionally made errors in my disklist. The ones for which > I made errors showed up as MISSING, both in the "DUMP SUMMARY" > you show and in the "FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY" at the > beginning of the report. But it only showed up as a single > line, not double. Thats the strange part, I don't get FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY just those doble DLE > > Might your disklist have a nearly identical entry with non-printable > characters that is causing the "MISSING" line. Nop nothing like that > > Just clutching at straws - sorry. > Thanks anyway