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> Hi,

> Two(2) tared then compressed files were created using the following in
> a directory where there are a few hundred files on a Sun Solaris 2.6
> server:

> tar -cvf - [a-k]* 2> /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz.log$dd | \
>   compress -cf > /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz_$dd.$SID.Z

> tar -cvf - [l-z]* 2> /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz.log$dd | \
>   compress -cf > /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz_$dd.$SID.Z

> I run the following commands to extract the files on a different
> server (still Solaris 2.6) in a different directory than the files are
> from:

> uncompress -cf /tq01/clone_source/oradata/data_atok_020202.prod.Z |
> tar xvf –

> uncompress -cf /tq01/clone_source/oradata/data_ltoz_020202.prod.Z |
> tar xvf –

> The first is successfully extracted but during the 2nd extract of the
> following error is returned:

> Several files successfully extracted…
> system01.dbf
> system02.dbf
> system03.dbf
> system04.dbf
> tar: Archive - EOF not on block boundary
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> erpdev:/tq01/test/testdata$

> Does anyone have any ideas on how to extract the files?  I am thinking
> data_ltoz_020202.prod.Z is corrupt, hope not but have not found
> another reason for the error.  Ran tar tzvf data_ltoz_020202.prod.Z
> and get the same error.

> > Hi,

> > Two(2) tared then compressed files were created using the following in
> > a directory where there are a few hundred files on a Sun Solaris 2.6
> > server:

> > tar -cvf - [a-k]* 2> /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz.log$dd | \
> >   compress -cf > /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz_$dd.$SID.Z

> > tar -cvf - [l-z]* 2> /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz.log$dd | \
> >   compress -cf > /tq03/backup/backup_$dd/data_ltoz_$dd.$SID.Z

> > I run the following commands to extract the files on a different
> > server (still Solaris 2.6) in a different directory than the files are
> > from:

> > uncompress -cf /tq01/clone_source/oradata/data_atok_020202.prod.Z |
> > tar xvf –

> > uncompress -cf /tq01/clone_source/oradata/data_ltoz_020202.prod.Z |
> > tar xvf –

> > The first is successfully extracted but during the 2nd extract of the
> > following error is returned:

> > Several files successfully extracted…
> > system01.dbf
> > system02.dbf
> > system03.dbf
> > system04.dbf
> > tar: Archive - EOF not on block boundary
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > erpdev:/tq01/test/testdata$

> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to extract the files?  I am thinking
> > data_ltoz_020202.prod.Z is corrupt, hope not but have not found
> > another reason for the error.  Ran tar tzvf data_ltoz_020202.prod.Z
> > and get the same error.

> Did you do the last test on the original system?  If it gives the same
> error, bad luck.  File corrupt.