ontape question

[kelqc]

Hi

I have done a backup of my database to a file called
/usr/local/metrix/database_backup using:

ontape -s -L 0

This all worked smoothly
When I tried to recover the database with

ontape -r

I get several initial screens, then asked to continue with restore etc.
But I get a message "Please mount tape 2 on /usr/local/metrix/database_backup"

Can anyone explain to me what this means ???

Any help would be appreciated

Kelvin

 

[shhankar]

I think when you took the last complete backup, the ontape might have set the tape number as 2.

Check the number of tapes you used during backup.

 

[kelqc]

Hi shhanker

Thanks for the reply, I have found out through some further reading that I have to have TAPESIZE set to an amount larger than the instance I am backing up.

On the backup server TAPESIZE = 8000000 kbytes
On the new machine TAPESIZE = 1024 kbytes

so ontape, when I was recovering the backup, assumes there is another tape by the looks of it. When I changed TAPESIZE from 1024 to 8000000 kbytes, on the new machine, the backup ran smoothly.

Thanks again for all your help

Kelvin