SCO OpenServer Backup Errors 3

[rpmaps]

I know very little about UNIX, (so please type slow enough so that I can understand). I have inherited an old UNIX SCO OpenServer 5 that is used to run Dentech, a dental office practice management software program. I need to extract the database so that it could be converted for use in a newer Windows PC. Installed on the system is an SCSI Seagate Scorpion DDS3 tape drive. The database backup is performed through the Dentech program. During startup, when I run the SCSI configuration utility, it shows the Seagate drive and the SCSI adapter card. Further during the boot process, it says <SCSI bios not detected> .

Whenever I attempt to do a backup through Dentech it tells me:

tar: cannot open: /dev/tape

I have changed drives with an identical Seagate Scorpion that I know is working correctly and still get the same results.

I NEED to get this data extracted so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[edfair]

I would assume that the tape drive will show up in the bootup messages.

Log in as root, at the prompt #,
tail -100 /usr/adm/messages | more
and get a listing of devices found and attached. Somewhere in those last 100 lines (enter or space key to continue ) should be a line showing the controller being attached then a couple of lines later the tape drive being attached and the device name. If not there you have bad controller or drive.

40 lines should be enough to see it but 100 will give you a couple of boots worth.


Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[PHV]

I have changed drives with an identical Seagate Scorpion
With the same SCSI id ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[motoslide]

Is /dev/tape linked to the device?

# ls -l /dev/tape
# ls -l /dev/rStp*

# hwconfig -h

"Proof that there is intelligent life in Oregon. Well, Life anyway.

 

[plangite]

Presuming you know exactly what are the files you are going to copy to the tape.

How do you plan to restore it in Windows?

I had a similar problem a few years ago, so, I converted the info to ascii.

Then you can move the files to Windows and work with them at your heart content.

Apparently the issue with the tape is resolved. At least it seems to me.

In SCO the tape is /dev/rStp0 o /dev/rStp1, you can use tar or cpio basically. OK.. you have the info on tape, and then ...?

I think that the ascii way is a sure shot.

Good luck

ok, ok... how can you convert the info?

maybe your DBMS has an specific instruction, or ...

you can define an output form, and redirect the output
to a file.

You move this file with ethernet, via ftp.

or, if you have a really old system, you can use a terminal emulator program in windows, and ... use a feature called something like "capture", with this feature you can save the output to a file directly in Windows.