ufsdump write error on tape 9, restart?

From: Chris Hoogendyk (choogend@library.umass.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 11:53:13 EDT


Sorry to bother the list with such a simple question that I can actually
answer myself by just doing it. However, I'd rather know the answer than
experiment. Notice that it is tape 9. In other words, it has
successfully gotten through 8 tapes (DDS/3, Sony Premium, brand new), is
almost done, and gives an error on what would be the last tape. It took
three days to get to that point (partly because I don't have 24 hour
operations staff).

It is an E250 with Solaris 8 and the standard DDS/3 internal drive that
comes with the E250. Backing up scanned image files from a D1000.

Question: If I say "yes", does that mean start the ENTIRE dump over? or
just that tape? Can I eject the tape, put in a fresh one (or clean the
drive and then put in a fresh one), and then have it begin again with
the 9th tape?

Or, is the answer "no" to mean "no, don't restart the whole thing, just
do the 9th tape again?" Or will "no" cause the whole thing to abort?

I checked the admin manuals, and I also looked at the database of error
messages on docs.sun. Couldn't find an explanation.

  DUMP: NEEDS ATTENTION: Is the new volume (#9) mounted on
`images.library.umass.edu:/dev/rmt/0n' and ready to go?: ("yes" or "no") yes
  DUMP: Volume 9 begins with blocks from inode 136184
  DUMP: 88.80% done, finished in 3:19
  DUMP: Write error 17 feet into tape 9
  DUMP: NEEDS ATTENTION: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no")
  DUMP: NEEDS ATTENTION: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no")

TIA

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Chris Hoogendyk

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