On 08/01/10 22:48, CTE wrote: > Hi all, > > Running a Sun Fire V120 w/ StorEdge D240 Media Tray. > > st0 at scsibus2 targ 4 lun 0: <HP, C5683A, C005> SCSI2 1/sequential > removable > > Ran the following for backup: > > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0a
Not using tapes myself, but was the tape rewinded before this first dump? /Alexander > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0k > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0d > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0f > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0g > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0h > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0j > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0i > /sbin/dump -0au -f /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0e > > mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind > > When I try to restore I get the following: > > # restore -i -f /dev/rst0 > restore: tape read error: Input/output error > > or > > # restore -tvs 1 -f /dev/rst0 > restore: tape read error: Input/output error > > I tried w/two DDS3 tapes but still get the same error. The dumps run > fine (no errors). > > Does this mean both tapes are bad or something? > > Thanks.
