/sbin/vdump

From: Andre Thompson <AThompson_at_ADMIN.UWI.TT>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:53:56 -0400

Hi Managers

I have a problem with vdump:

I am running Compaq Unix v5.1 on an ES40. I have executed the following
command:

/sbin/vdump -C0UNf /devices/tape/tape0 /
i.e. I want to do a level 0 dump of / to the tape0 device with compression,
no rewind and no unload of tape.
When I execute the command, I get the following error message:

Memory fault(coredump)

...and the dump aborts.

I realized that if I remove the N option (no rewind), I do not get this
message anymore but now the problem I have is the tape rewinds after the
dump.

I have similar commands running on my 2 other Alpha servers running 4.0e but
using the dump command:
/usr/sbin/dump -0uf /dev/nrmt1h /

and this works!!

How can I solve this problem?

Best Regards
Andre Thompson, M.Sc., MCSE, MCP+I
Network Administrator
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad, West Indies
mailto:athompson_at_admin.uwi.tt
Phone: 662-2002 ext 4002
Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 12:57:51 NZST

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