hello All,

I'm trying to restore a crontab called cronfile how ever every time
i restore it using.

tctl fsf 3
restore -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/cronfile

i get the following message
restore: 0511-260 The archive is not in backup format

Also when i use smit restmksysb
it does not restore the file eventhough the file exist in the mksysb
backup..

can i just do a more command to see the the file and save the output
to a file?

Im not sure where the problem is...

thanks
pinoy

On 12 Jun., 21:34, pinoy2ser <pinoy2...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> tctl fsf 3

Are you sure that the default tape drive is rmt0 and you did a rewind
each time ?

> restore -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/cronfile
>

Anyway:
The order to verify a mksysb according to the redbook

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246199.pdf

is:
......
To see the contents of the mksysb tape, use the following sequence of
commands:
1. Rewind the tape using the command:

tctl -f /dev/rmtxx rewind

2. Advance the tape to the fourth file marker by running the command:

tctl -f /dev/rmtxx fsf 3

3. Read the contents of the tape and redirect the output to a
temporary file by using the command:

restore -Tvqf /dev/rmtxx.1 > /tmp/mksysb.log

You can skip the second step in the procedure and go directly to
viewing the contents of the tape by running the command:

restore -s4 -Tvqf /dev/rmtxx.1 > /tmp/mksysb.log

The -s4 flag of the restore command automatically advances the tape to
the beginning of the fourth file marker for restore.
......

hth
Hajo

On Jun 12, 4:54 pm, Hajo Ehlers <serv...@metamodul.com> wrote:
> On 12 Jun., 21:34, pinoy2ser <pinoy2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>
>
>
> > tctl fsf 3
>
> Are you sure that the default tape drive is rmt0 and you did a rewind
> each time ?
>
> > restore -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/cronfile
>
> Anyway:
> The order to verify a mksysb according to the redbook
>
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246199.pdf
>
> is:
> .....
> To see the contents of the mksysb tape, use the following sequence of
> commands:
> 1. Rewind the tape using the command:
>
> tctl -f /dev/rmtxx rewind
>
> 2. Advance the tape to the fourth file marker by running the command:
>
> tctl -f /dev/rmtxx fsf 3
>
> 3. Read the contents of the tape and redirect the output to a
> temporary file by using the command:
>
> restore -Tvqf /dev/rmtxx.1 > /tmp/mksysb.log
>
> You can skip the second step in the procedure and go directly to
> viewing the contents of the tape by running the command:
>
> restore -s4 -Tvqf /dev/rmtxx.1 > /tmp/mksysb.log
>
> The -s4 flag of the restore command automatically advances the tape to
> the beginning of the fourth file marker for restore.
> .....
>
> hth
> Hajo

thanks for the help Hajo... i was able to restore the the cronfile by
using your advice :
1) tctl -f /dev/rmtxx rewind
2) tctl -f /dev/rmtxx fsf 3
3) restore -xvqf -s4 /dev/rmt0.1 ./var/spool/cron/crontabs/cronfile