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 Re: Physical restore failed
 Posted By: James Young Date: Friday, 23 April 2010, at 4:16 p.m.
In Response To: RE: Physical restore failed (Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT)
  
Did you check to make sure that the owner and group are both "informix"?
 On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT <
 Wally.Tang.CTR@dma.mil> wrote:
 > Hi Roger,
 >
 > I changed permission of /dev/ifx/rtasa1 to "660", but when I restored with
 > ontape -r, I still got error
 >
 > Continue restore? (y/n)y
 > Do you want to back up the logs? (y/n)n
 > Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -2 errno
 > 0
 >
 > Wally Tang
 > DOD-Defense Media Center - IT
 > Lockheed Martin - IT
 > 23755 Z Street
 > Riverside, CA 92518-2017
 > 951-413-2246
 > E-mail: wally.tang.ctr@dma.mil
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
 > Roger
 > Kee
 > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:08 AM
 > To: ids@iiug.org
 > Subject: Re: Physical restore failed [19829]
 >
 > Wally,
 >
 > Have you tried setting the permissions for /dev/ifx/rtasa1 to be like the
 > other chunk devices (660)?
 >
 > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT <
 > Wally.Tang.CTR@dma.mil> wrote:
 >
 > > Good morning, Art,
 > >
 > > Output of ontape -r
 > >
 > > # ontape -r
 > >
 > > Please mount tape 1 on /backups/informix_bu and press Return to continue
 > > ...
 > >
 > > Archive Tape Information
 > >
 > > Tape type: Archive Backup Tape
 > > Online version: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD6
 > > Archive date: Wed Apr 21 03:00:03 2010
 > > User id: root
 > > Terminal id: ?
 > > Archive level: 0
 > > Tape device: /backups/informix_bu
 > > Tape blocksize (in k): 16
 > > Tape size (in k): 12000000
 > > Tape number in series: 1
 > >
 > > Spaces to restore:1 [rootdbs ]
 > > 2 [tasablob ]
 > > 3 [tasa ]
 > > 4 [tasalog ]
 > >
 > > Archive Information
 > >
 > > Informix Dynamic Server Copyright(C) 1986-1998 Informix Software, Inc.
 > > Initialization Time 04/10/2003 10:10:35
 > > System Page Size 2048
 > > Version 6
 > > Archive CheckPoint Time 04/21/2010 03:00:42
 > >
 > > Dbspaces
 > > number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner name
 > > 1 1 1 1 N informix rootdbs
 > > 2 1 2 2 N informix tasa
 > > 3 2001 3 1 N T informix tasatemp
 > > 4 1 4 1 N informix tasalog
 > > 5 11 5 1 N B informix tasablob
 > >
 > > Chunks
 > > chk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname
 > > 1 1 0 26000 2913 PO- /dev/ifx/rootdbs
 > > 2 2 0 1000000 57 PO- /dev/ifx/tasa
 > > 3 3 0 1000000 999897 PO- /dev/ifx/tasatemp
 > > 4 4 0 1000000 999947 PO- /dev/ifx/tasalog
 > > 5 5 0 1000000 1000000 POB /dev/ifx/tasablob
 > > 6 2 0 1000000 845180 PO- /dev/ifx/tasa1
 > >
 > > Continue restore? (y/n)y
 > > Do you want to back up the logs? (y/n)n
 > >
 > > Physical restore failed - could not fork server connection
 > >
 > > Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -2
 > errno
 > > 0
 > >
 > > Program over.
 > >
 > > # ls -l
 > > total 0
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010000 Mar 20 2003 group
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010005 Apr 22 13:03 rootdbs
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010005 Mar 20 2003 rrootdbs
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010001 Mar 20 2003 rtasa
 > > crw-r----- 1 informix informix 64 0x010006 Mar 27 2003 rtasa1
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010004 Mar 20 2003 rtasablob
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010003 Mar 20 2003 rtasalog
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010002 Mar 20 2003 rtasatemp
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010001 Apr 22 14:18 tasa
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010006 Apr 22 14:26 tasa1
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010004 Apr 22 13:03 tasablob
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010003 Apr 20 13:00 tasalog
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010002 Apr 20 13:02 tasatemp
 > >
 > > # ls -lL
 > > total 0
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010000 Mar 20 2003 group
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010005 Apr 22 13:03 rootdbs
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010005 Mar 20 2003 rrootdbs
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010001 Mar 20 2003 rtasa
 > > crw-r----- 1 informix informix 64 0x010006 Mar 27 2003 rtasa1
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010004 Mar 20 2003 rtasablob
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010003 Mar 20 2003 rtasalog
 > > crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010002 Mar 20 2003 rtasatemp
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010001 Apr 22 14:18 tasa
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010006 Apr 22 14:26 tasa1
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010004 Apr 22 13:03 tasablob
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010003 Apr 20 13:00 tasalog
 > > brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 64 0x010002 Apr 20 13:02 tasatemp
 > >
 > > Please advice.
 > >
 > > Wally Tang
 > > DOD-Defense Media Center - IT
 > > Lockheed Martin - IT
 > > 23755 Z Street
 > > Riverside, CA 92518-2017
 > > 951-413-2246
 > > E-mail: wally.tang.ctr@dma.mil
 > >
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
 > Art
 > > Kagel
 > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:19 PM
 > > To: ids@iiug.org
 > > Subject: Re: Physical restore failed [19798]
 > >
 > > Post the entire output from the ontape -r and ls -l and ls -lL listings
 > of
 >
 > > the chunk files.
 > >
 > > Art
 > >
 > > Art S. Kagel
 > > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
 > > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
 > >
 > > See you at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference
 > > April 25-28, 2010
 > > Overland Park (Kansas City), KS
 > > www.iiug.org/conf
 > >
 > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
 > > and
 > >
 > > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
 > other
 >
 > > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or
 > > by
 > >
 > > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals
 > > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the
 > > entities themselves.
 > >
 > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT <
 > > Wally.Tang.CTR@dma.mil> wrote:
 > >
 > > > FYI, the older backup file got the same error:
 > > >
 > > > Continue restore? (y/n)y
 > > > Do you want to back up the logs? (y/n)n
 > > > Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -2
 > > errno
 > > > 0
 > > >
 > > > Program over.
 > > >
 > > > Wally Tang
 > > > DOD-Defense Media Center - IT
 > > > Lockheed Martin - IT
 > > > 23755 Z Street
 > > > Riverside, CA 92518-2017
 > > > 951-413-2246
 > > > E-mail: wally.tang.ctr@dma.mil
 > > >
 > > > -----Original Message-----
 > > > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
 > > Art
 > > > Kagel
 > > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:20 PM
 > > > To: ids@iiug.org
 > > > Subject: Re: Physical restore failed [19794]
 > > >
 > > > Not clear what you are asking. Did the second restore also fail? Did
 > you
 >
 > > > try the newer archive set again or just fallback to the older one? Can
 > > you
 > >
 > > > roll forward your logical logs to get back to current?
 > > >
 > > > Art
 > > >
 > > > Art S. Kagel
 > > > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
 > > > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
 > > >
 > > > See you at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference
 > > > April 25-28, 2010
 > > > Overland Park (Kansas City), KS
 > > > www.iiug.org/conf
 > > >
 > > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own
 > opinions
 >
 > > > and
 > > >
 > > > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
 > > other
 > >
 > > > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly,
 > or
 > > > by
 > > >
 > > > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals
 > > > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the
 > > > entities themselves.
 > > >
 > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT <
 > > > Wally.Tang.CTR@dma.mil> wrote:
 > > >
 > > > > Thanks, Art. I verified all the chunks are owned by Informix Informix
 > > and
 > > > > have 660 permissions. I had copied the backups from the last
 > successful
 > > > > restore and executed the restore process; hopefully, the backup file
 > is
 > > > > corrupted?
 > > > >
 > > > > Please advice.
 > > > >
 > > > > Wally Tang
 > > > > DOD-Defense Media Center - IT
 > > > > Lockheed Martin - IT
 > > > > 23755 Z Street
 > > > > Riverside, CA 92518-2017
 > > > > 951-413-2246
 > > > > E-mail: wally.tang.ctr@dma.mil
 > > > >
 > > > > -----Original Message-----
 > > > > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf
 > Of
 > > > Art
 > > > > Kagel
 > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:40 PM
 > > > > To: ids@iiug.org
 > > > > Subject: Re: Physical restore failed [19792]
 > > > >
 > > > > Errno 2 is privileges on files. Check that all of the chunks (the
 > chunk
 > > > > list should have printed out when you started the restore) are owned
 > by
 > > > > user
 > > > >
 > > > > informix group informix and have 660 permissions. If you fix that,
 > try
 >
 > > > the
 > > >
 > > > > restore again.
 > > > >
 > > > > Art
 > > > >
 > > > > Art S. Kagel
 > > > > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
 > > > > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
 > > > >
 > > > > See you at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference
 > > > > April 25-28, 2010
 > > > > Overland Park (Kansas City), KS
 > > > > www.iiug.org/conf
 > > > >
 > > > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own
 > > opinions
 > >
 > > > > and
 > > > >
 > > > > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
 > > > other
 > > >
 > > > > organization with which I am associated either explicitly,
 > implicitly,
 >
 > > or
 > > > > by
 > > > >
 > > > > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other
 > individuals
 > > > > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of
 > the
 >
 > > > > entities themselves.
 > > > >
 > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT <
 > > > > Wally.Tang.CTR@dma.mil> wrote:
 > > > >
 > > > > > Needed help, we have IDS 7.31 on HPUX 11.0.
 > > > > >
 > > > > > We are currently encounter error message while restoring our
 > > production
 > > > > > database:
 > > > > >
 > > > > > Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code
 > -2
 > > > > errno
 > > > > > 0
 > > > > >
 > > > > > And when I viewed the online.log, it said
 > > > > >
 > > > > > 12:01:00 Aborting physical restore of ROOT DBSpace
 > > > > >
 > > > > > 12:01:00 Aborted by client.
 > > > > >
 > > > > > 12:01:00 Informix Dynamic Server Stopped.
 > > > > >
 > > > > > The last successful restore was two days ago.
 > > > > >
 > > > > > Please advice.
 > > > > >
 > > > > > Wally Tang
 > > > > >
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Messages In This Thread
 - Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 4:32 p.m.
- Re: Physical restore failed
 Art Kagel -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 4:40 p.m.
- RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 4:48 p.m.
- Re: Physical restore failed
 Art Kagel -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 5:20 p.m.
- RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 5:24 p.m.
 - RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 5:28 p.m.
- Re: Physical restore failed
 Art Kagel -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 6:19 p.m.
- RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 9:25 a.m.
- Re: Physical restore failed
 Roger Kee -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 2:08 p.m.
- RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 2:16 p.m.
 - RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 4:04 p.m.
- Re: Physical restore failed
 James Young -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 4:16 p.m.
 - Re: Physical restore failed
 James Young -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 4:17 p.m.
  
  
 - Re: RE: Physical restore failed
 jack.parker4@verizon.net -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 5:33 p.m.
 - Re: Physical restore failed
 Art Kagel -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 7:45 p.m.
  
 - RE: Physical restore failed
 Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT -- Friday, 23 April 2010, at 2:09 p.m.
  
  
  
  
 - RE: Physical restore failed
 Everett Mills -- Thursday, 22 April 2010, at 5:35 p.m.
  
  
  
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