by Hello Everybody,
If anyone has any idea's or solutions please feel free to jump in....
My DAT drive is a DDS-3 purchase from SGI... All xfsdump commands are
run from the miniroot
I 'm trying to create a systems disk backup for an 02 running 6.3. I
started out using the xfsdump
from the miniroot like so -> " /root/sbin/xfsdump -f
/dev/rmt/tps1d5nsv /dev/dsk/dks0d1s0 "
This works when tried on my 02 running 6.5. When I try this command on
the 02 running 6.3
I get an error stating so...
/root/sbin/xfsdump :dks0d1s1:process (xfsdump) ran out of disk space
/root/sbin/xfsdump :warning: dev/rmt/tps..... failed:28 no space left
on device
/root/sbin/xfsdump :ending media file
/root/sbin/xfsdump :media file size 5.7mb
/root/sbin/xfsdump :encountered end media while attempting to begin
/root/sbin/xfsdump :note: dump interrupted : 44sec elapsed
I talked to SGI and they said to try
" /root/sbin/xfsdump -l 0 -f /dev/rmt/tps1d5ns /root "
When I tried this I got an error message like this...
/root/sbin/xfsdump: Unable to set block size to 2097152
/root/sbin/xfsdump: dump size (non - dir files) : 0 bytes
/root/sbin/xfsdump: Note: dump interrupted: 2846 seconds elapsed
I called SGI and spoke to a different person who suggested to use the
GUI dump utility
to backup the system disk and If I needed to restore the system to
reboot and select
the recovery system icon after stopping the system for maintenance.
Well, I tried this...
I successfully backed up the system with the GUI Back utility and and
restarted to system
to stop for maintenance. I selected the Recover System icon.... Then I
received a message
saying "obtaining recovery tools"... then nothing... the screen froze.
If there's a easier more stable way to make a backup and recovery
process PLEASE
let me know.
Much Thanks
Art Feltman
Fox Chase Cancer Center
(215)728-3660