Tar backups

[brendangriffin]

Hi,

This is probably a really stupid question but can anybody shed any light on the error message:

Back Up Error "tar 0511-173 File "filename"
Not Of Expected Length"

Thanks

Brendan

 

[LeDam]

What is the command you use????

 

[brendangriffin]

tar cvf /dev/rmt0 /usr

 

[LeDam]

tar -cvf /dev/rmt0 /usr
That's a correct command.
Be sure your tape is rewind :
tctl -f/dev/rmt0 rewind

 

[LHLTech]

It is possible that you had a file called "filename" in the /usr directory which was updated between the tar command building the list to secure, and then actually securing them.

Check the /usr directory for a file called "filename" and see if there are any processes updating it (fuser filename will show you the PID's of anything accessing the file).

Hope that helps,

LHLTech

IBM Certified Specialist - AIX System Support
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