Data dumps + PCMCIA card verify

[ziggydavie]

Happy new year guys, having an issue where PCMCIA card does not reflect data dumps done on the system i.e its not updated , could this be a faulty card or how can i verify if the card is not damaged or how are dumps synchronized to the card ?. I am not an expert on meridian 11c i would greatly appreciate some guidance on what i should be looking for here.

core problems as understood;

* Daily dumps happening , not reflected PCMCIA

* Possibility faulty PCMCIA card, or non-existant card

How does one go about verifying those and insuring dumps are reflected on card if its available, or if placed in to do so.

thx

 

[bhassell2000]

Are you refering to your daily LD 43 EDD that runs during your midnight routines? I dont believe that goes to the PCMCIA card, I thought ot went to the C and Z drives. You can go into LD 143 and do a backup to the A or B drives that are the PCMCIA on an SSC card

Thanks,

Buddy

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[ziggydavie]

Buddy ,

Thank you for the response , i am yet to actually go onsite to see find out the situation mostly i imagine they expect the dumps to also go to Drive A or B , i just needed to understand what i should be looking for to insure nothing is missed out and why it might not be backing up to A or B drive.

Within the routine would it backup to the various drives inclusive A or B on PCMCIA or would this need to be done manually so as to store the CF off-site i.e come in manually back up to PCMCIA card , walk off with copy? I want to understand if this is the norm in terms of setup for the backups to be reflected on the A or B drive if not how would it be solved manually or if automatically as a routine.

Note i am a beginner and i just need to understand the relevant steps required to take so i can get more acquainted to them.

Thank you in advance.

 

[bhassell2000]

The PCMCIA slots on an Option 11 SSC card are A and B drives. You can go into LD 143 and go through the Uppgrade menu and do a database archive ot the B drive but I dont know how to make the EDD in LD 43 go there or if its even possible

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Buddy

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[ziggydavie]

the error and detail are;

PCMCIA database not accessible.
Current external backup is on PCMCIA drive B
.
EDD000
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TEMU020 Errno 0x380003: Failure opening file b:/u/db/config.rec

How can i fix this , this is under .dat.

 

[KCFLHRC]

I believe the BKO command in ld 43 will do a data dump onto the compact flash as long as the compact flash is formatted correctly.

 

[ziggydavie]

BKO in LD 43 did the trick , as well as removed and inserted the card back and it worked.