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[Veritas-bu] import question - again

2002-04-01 13:39:53
Subject: [Veritas-bu] import question - again
From: larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com (Larry Kingery)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:39:53 -0500 (EST)
Jeff Kennedy writes:
> Is there a way to tell an import to only use a specific drive? 

Put the tape in the drive before you start the import?

> Currently I am having problems with a particular media id in an image
> that keeps failing with a read error.  But it always fails in the same
> drive.  I want to try this import in a different drive and see what
> happens. I am using a bidfile for phase 2 import.

Down the drive having problems?

> 
> Also, I tried to dd the tape to a filesystem (fs=400+gb's) but it said
> not enough space.  Any ideas why?

It has to do with block size.  Try setting the block size parameter
for dd to the same as NBU (32k, 64k, or whatever you may have changed
it to).  This is of course assuming you've located to the right file
mark as per appx C of NBU SAG.

> 
> Thanks.
> -- 
> =====================
> Jeff Kennedy
> Unix Administrator
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> jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
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