ckandreou wrote: > Dear all, > > I am using 36/72 Backup tapes. I am getting the following error message when > I am trying to backup/transfer from the BackupPC server to tape drive. I > would appreciated if someone can provide me with direction on how should I > proceed in handling the error. the error message is as follow:File > /usr/local/BackupPC/backup_data/pc/tape_archive/ArchiveLOG.98.z (Extracting > only Errors) > > Contents of file > /usr/local/BackupPC/backup_data/pc/tape_archive/ArchiveLOG.98.z, modified > 2009-05-16 13:15:05 (Extracting only Errors) > > Executing: /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_archiveHost > /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate /usr/bin/split ccdev10 348 > /usr/bin/bzip2 .bz2 0000000 /dev/sa0 * > Xfer PIDs are now 81631 > Writing tar archive for host ccdev10, backup #348 to /dev/sa0 > Got unknown type 9 for ./etc/svc/volatile/repository_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./etc/sysevent/piclevent_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./etc/sysevent/sysevent_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./etc/sysevent/syseventconfd_event_channel/reg_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./etc/sysevent/devfsadm_event_channel/1 > Got unknown type 9 for ./etc/sysevent/devfsadm_event_channel/reg_door > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/mapping-emsadmcm > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/mapping-labadm > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/mapping-tuxadm > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-410c-0-47179a0e6e3ec > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-4118-0-471789141e575 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-411a-0-4717d9ce8b842 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-411c-0-4717a69c1cd75 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-4134-0-4717985238546 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-4138-0-4717b4d7c9a46 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-413a-0-4717b144d08af > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-413d-0-4717b144d9334 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-4141-0-4717ada15334a > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-4145-0-4717c89a28c3a > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-414a-0-4717832ec1c7f > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-414c-0-47179fbfd400a > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-414e-0-47179c0c44b35 > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-4150-0-4717ac2fb4dba > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/tmp/orbit-labadm/linc-827-0-49b6a0fe2885a > Got unknown type 8 for ./var/run/.inetd.uds > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/kcfd_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/name_service_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/picld_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/syslog_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/1 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/10 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/11 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/12 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/2 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/3 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/4 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/5 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/6 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/7 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/8 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/9 > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/sysevent_channels/syseventd_channel/reg_door > Got unknown type 9 for ./var/run/rpc_door/rpc_100169.1 > > bzip2: I/O or other error, bailing out. Possible reason follows. > bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device > Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) > Executing: /bin/csh -cf -cf /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -t -h > ccdev10 -n 348 -s \* . | /usr/bin/bzip2 >> /dev/sa0 > Error: /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate, compress or split failed > Archive failed: Error: /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate, compress > or split failed
I'm not sure what those 'unknown type' errors mean or if they are a problem, but the tape device may need writes to be blocked into multiples of a certain size that you may be able to see or set with the 'mt' program. If you have enough disk space you can archive to a file, then use dd with obs=xx to write in appropriate sized blocks for the tape. If not, there may be some way to get the equivalent in the output pipeline - but I doubt if it will keep a tape streaming very well. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/