ITEM: HE7189L

Having a problem w/ the sysback restore.



Question:

4.2.1        7013

Having a problem w/ the sysback restore.

Response:

Customer Contact

Response:

ENV:    AIX 4.2.1, sysback.4.2.1.1

CUSTOMER REP:   Ken Rosenberg

PROBLEM:        Unable to restore a file from a system backup.

ACTION TAKEN:   Explained that this version of sysback has the problem
                he described. Gave him the ftp site to get
                sysback.update.4.2.1.2.bin and how to install it.

ACTION PLAN:    CWCA

Response:

Closing with Customer Approval

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Customer Contact

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Customer is trying to restore one file from a Full System Backup and the
backup it find's the file and restore's the file but instead of the 
restore process stopping after it has restored the file, it is just
showing restore complete and it also show's 98% complete.

Customer say's the restore never completes but the file has been 
restored.

I am going to research this issue and give the customer a call back once
I have the result's from my research.


Response:

Customer is using a 8mm 5gb tape drive to restore his data from his 
tape.

I was able to restore two file's from my directory /home/dsmith and
sysback registered successful and gave me a date and time stamp for 
when the backup completed.

I asked the customer if his filesystem he was restoring files from is a
huge filesystem and the customer stated his rootvg is only 400mg.
Sysback still read's through the filesystem even after it has restored
the file's.
 tctl status
Block Size  0

I explained to the customer that when you do your backup with a block
size of 512 or 0 for this particular tape drive, it will take longer to
restore your file's.

I am changing my block size to Zero to see if it takes longer to restore
my files and the customer is changing his block size to 1024 which is 
the recommended block size for a 8mm5gb tape drive.

Response:

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Response:

Customer's restore process still is showing running and it has restored
the file hour's ago. 

mkdirback -f /dev/rmt\# /tmp

using sysrestore syntax to restore a file 

Sysback 4.2.1.2

pwd
/tmp
find ./ | backup -ivf /dev/rmt\#
restore -Tvf /dev/rmt\#
restore -xvqf /dev/rmt0 ./ppp

Restored the file ppp and finished.
ps -ef | grep rmt0 --> no processes running against the tape drive
fuser /dev/rmt0   -->                    "
fuser /dev/rmt0.1 -->                    "

I am going to research this item a little further with my Developer and
give the customer a call back.  I was able to talk with the developer 
and he suggested I use the sbread syntax to see if it continues to run
or if it complete's.  He suggest's their may be a problem with the 
version of restore.

I will call the customer back on Monday morning to work on this item 
further.


Response:

Not In, Left Message

Response:

transferred customer to Demetrius' voice mail

Response:

** Text added by FixOrderUtility v1.1 **

Customer Order Entry Record(COER\#) DAL031331 submitted:

SELECTED FIX PACKAGE:

U456921  U456848  U456317  

PACKAGING OPTIONS:

Severity:               Priority 1 Delivery
Preferred Media:        8MM 2.3GB Tape
Courier Type:           Default Courier
Service Level:          Assumed AIX Level > 4.2.1.0
Ship Resolving PTFs?:   Yes
Ship Superseding PTFs?: Yes

SHIP TO:

Systems Management Specialists      
Ken Rosenberg
851 Indiana ST.           

San Francisco, CA  94107-

Phone: 415-550-3674

Response:

** Text added by FixOrderUtility v1.1 **

COER\# DAL031331

ISMS Order\# B7033067 was Received at 13:02:59 08/17/1998
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Internet Webpage *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
If you have access to the Internet, IBM has a webpage
available for you to check your order's status. The URL
is-  http://service.boulder.ibm.com/order_status

Response:

lslpp -l bos.rte.archive  4.2.1.0
lslpp -l bos.rte.shell    4.2.1.8
lslpp -l bos.rte.commands 4.2.1.0

While researching this issue, my developer remembered this problem.  The
problem was fixed with the April '98 Ptf's. The Ptf's where for 
bos.rte.archive  4.2.1.3
bos.rte.shell    4.2.1.11
bos.rte.commands 4.2.1.5

I am sending the customer the Ptf's.  I will check with the customer in
a few day's to check the status of this issue.

  

Response:

** Text added by FixOrderUtility v1.1 **

COER\# DAL031331

ISMS Order\# B7033067 was Packaged at 13:37:57 08/17/1998
Carrier: AIRBORNE     Waybill: 8609409491

Response:

** Text added by FixOrderUtility v1.1 **

COER\# DAL031331

ISMS Order\# B7033067 was Shipped at 19:00:00 08/17/1998
Carrier:  AIRBORNE   Waybill:  8609409491
Fix data will be mailed on C8MM Media
Package contained 4 fixes with 1,251 Kilo-bytes of data
Total amount of data shipped was 1,246 Kilo-bytes
Package shipped on 001 volume(s) at a density 572K

Response:

Per the customer, the fixes fixed the problem.  This item can be closed.

Response:

Closing with Customer Approval


Support Line: Having a problem w/ the sysback restore. ITEM: HE7189L
Dated: August 1998 Category: N/A
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