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# 8  
Old 01-20-2011
What commands did you type on the RHEL5 server for the backup and the view operations?
Did you see the tape move?
Are you using NFS?
# 9  
Old 01-20-2011
To backup i used this command: tar cvf /dev/rmt2
to view i used this command: tar tvf /dev/rmt2 and
tar tvf optimun@10.0.0.1 : /dev/rmt2
yes the tapes moved.
# 10  
Old 01-20-2011
Quote:
To backup i used this command: tar cvf /dev/rmt2
to view i used this command: tar tvf /dev/rmt2 and
tar tvf optimun@10.0.0.1 : /dev/rmt2
yes the tapes moved.
Are all three commands posted accurately and completely and with exact syntax and character spacing (obviously with the confidential data changed)?

To my mind two out of three are invalid or incomplete.
e.g. The "tar" writing to the tape does not have a files list.
The third "tar" seems to have syntax errors.
# 11  
Old 01-21-2011
Please find attached the screen shots of my tape backup and view from RHEL5. I hope this explains and shows the commands i used and the results obtained.
View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System-aix-command-backup-tapepng
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View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System-linux-view-aix-tape-backuppng
View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System-linux-view-recent-tape-backuppng
View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System-tape-movtpng

# 12  
Old 01-21-2011
This adds to the previous screenshots sent earlier on view tape backup content from AIX . Regards
View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System-view-aix-tape-backuppng
View tape backup files on RHEL5 Operating System-view-liunx-backup-aix-error-.png
# 13  
Old 01-21-2011
What happens if you retension the tape before attempting to read it?
Code:
tctl retension

# 14  
Old 01-21-2011
tctl command is not found in RHEL5.
 
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