SOLUTION (I hope) - VDUMP: can't open dev </dev/nrmt0h>; [5] I/O error

From: Orson Galvco <galvao_at_jacaranda.uescba.com.br>
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 15:06:00 -0300

Hello Managers...

Thanks to all those who tried to help me. Everybody told me that the
problem was about bat tape, ambience and so.
AND everybody was too polite to tell me I am a perfect dummy. Well...
the solution (I hope; vdump rides again...) is to insert the following
command BEFORE the vdump commands in procedure launched by crontab.

mt -f /dev/nrmt0h online

It is working fine... no more problems... but I do not realise why.
Perhaps something to do with the tape capacity; just suposing that each
time vdump works, it appends the archieves after the last one found at
the tape and not over the last version.

If somebody can explain the situation better, many thanks.

        Orson Voerckel Galvao

        Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
        Ilheus - Bahia -Brazil

Visit my HP and learn how NOT to do one
http://galvao.uescba.com.br
Received on Mon Aug 03 1998 - 17:54:22 NZST

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