Hi,

I'm having an error while saving data on a tape.
0512-008 : The /usr/bin/dd command failed with return code of 2.
Backup canceled.

Does anybody know what the return code 2 does mean or how to solve this
problem ?

Thanks,

Arnaud

Not sure about the dd command, but when cpio returns code 2 it is
actually just a warning that it could not save a selected file onto
backup media.

cpio is supplied a list of files to be written to tape. When it comes
time to write a specific file (eg. /var/spool/qdaemon/hdw62hs), if that
file no longer exists (due to a print job having completed and been
removed for example), then an error message appears about the file. The
cpio continues on, then exits with status 2 when it reached the end.

Perhaps this is happening in dd as well, but dd treats it as an error
and stops? Just a guess...sorry.

Steve

Thanks for information.

In fact, the daily backup worked fine thanks to crontab
(0 23 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/savevg -ivp rootvg). Now we have this error
everyday.

I searched the whole Web but nobody seem to have had this problem.

Arnaud

In fact, the whole message is :

"From: daemon
To: root
Création du fichier d'informations (/image.data) pour rootvg..
Création de la pseudo-image d'amorçage sur bande.........
0512-011 savevg : La commande /usr/bin/dd a échoué (code retour : 2).
Sauvegarde annulée.
************************************************** ***************
cron : le message précédent constitue la sortie standard
et l'erreur standard de l'une de vos commandes cron."

which approximatively means :

"Creation of the information file (/image.data) for rootvg..
Creation of the bootable pseudo-image on tape.........
0512-011 savevg : Command /usr/bin/dd failed (return code : 2).
Backup canceled.
************************************************** ***************
cron : the previous message is the standard output
and the standard error of one of your cron commands."

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Arnaud