Bruce.Skinner AT drdc-rddc.gc DOT ca (Bruce S. Skinner) writes:
> Hello Don,
>
> donald.ritchey AT exeloncorp DOT com writes:
>
> > Bruce:
> >
> > I don't want you to feel like we are all jumping on you, but...
> >
> > First:
> >
> > I noticed that you have used localhost (127.0.0.1) as the address
> > for your network connections, and as the archives will illustrate
> > in incredible detail, we generally consider that a Bad Idea (Tm).
>
> This appears to have been the problem.
>
> > Second:
> >
> > Removing the holding disk from the picture actually makes the picture
> > more murky, not less. If you have a holding disk, then the backup
> > of the data happens in two parts, separating the dumper process of
> > getting the data off of the disk to be backed up and onto the holding
> > disk, and then the taper process moves the backed up data from
> > the holding disk to the tape drive. Combining the two obscures
> > where the actual problem is: in the dumper or in the taper.
> > My natural instinct is to look at the tape drive and the taper
> > portion of the process, since that is a more mechanically driven
> > process and past history (mine) indicates that most of the errors
> > that I have encountered have been there.
> >
> > Repeat the experiment, correcting these two issues and I think the
> > picture will get a little clearer.
>
>
> Repeated successfully. Reconfigured for the real world, (added more
> DLE's, bigger tapecycle, bigger runtapes, etc.) and it appears to be
> functioning. One dump has been moved to tape and another is building
> on the holding disk. Tomorrow we'll see how it turned out.
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Success.
Many thanks to all the folks who contributed to that success.
regards :-)
BruceS
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