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Monitoring STORE Command Progress
After you enter a STORE command, STORE issues a message similar to the
following one on the console:
TURBO-STORE/RESTORE VERSION A.20.01 (C) 1986 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
TUE, NOV 6, 1989, 2:57 PM
Monitor the console for additional messages. In addition to regular
progress messages, if you requested them, STORE sends you messages when
you need to reply to a backup request, add a write ring to a backup reel,
or mount a new backup on a backup device.
Responding to Tape Requests
When your backup devices are not configured to be automatically
allocated, the system answers your STORE command with one or more backup
requests. Refer to Chapter 7, "Handling Media Requests," for more
information.
If you have previously issued a FILE command that included the backup
device's LDEV number, the backup request asks you to confirm that number.
For example:
?14:57/#S25/43/IS "T" ON LDEV #8 (Y/N)?
Replying to Tape Requests for a Multiple-Device Backup
If you are backing up files to several devices, the system sends you a
backup request for each device. If you give your backup devices unique
filenames, you receive a backup request for each unique filename. Use
the "Multiple Device Planning Chart" from figure3-7 in Chapter 3,
"Preparing Storage Devices," to determine which LDEV to assign to each
name.
If you give your backup devices a common filename, you receive several
identical backup requests referring to the common filename, one for each
device. For example, the first backup request in a sequential backup
asks for the LDEV number of the first device. The second request asks
for the LDEV number of the second device, and so on.
During a parallel backup, backup requests for the parallel devices will
be issued to the console. Requests for all parallel devices will be
issued at once, in no specific order. There will be a different PIN
associated with each request, although all requests are really coming
from STORE. You should reply to the requests using the appropriate LDEVs
for the parallel sets. Files will not begin to be stored until all
requests have been replied to.
When you are using parallel device pools, the requests for the first
serial device in all pools will be issued first, in no specific order.
After the first serial device has been replied to, then a request will be
issued for the next serial device, and so on. Parallel pool requests are
independent, with each parallel pool having a different PIN associated
with its request. Files will not be stored until all requests have been
replied to.
REDO Tape Errors
When a backup error occurs, and REDO was specified for media error
resolution (refer to "Tape Error Recovery," in Chapter 6, "STORE
and TurboSTORE Command Options"), special information may be
displayed if sequential devices were specified. For example, suppose
STORESET=(*T1,*T2,*T3)'' was requested. If a backup error occurs on the
device referenced by *T2 while it is creating reel 2, a special message
would be displayed:
STORE IS STARTING TO WRITE REEL # OF SET # ON LDEV #
where LDEV # is the device referenced by *T2. This means that STORE
error recovery occurs on the same device the error occurred on.
Responding to a NO WRITE RING Message
Reel backups require you to insert a write ring into the reel in order to
store files onto the backup. You see a NO WRITE RING message when you
attempt to store files to a reel-to-reel backup and neglect to insert a
write ring into the groove on the back of the backup reel. For example:
15:57/2/LDEV#8 NO WRITE RING
The message above tells you there is no write ring on the backup reel
mounted on LDEV 8. Without the write ring, the files on the backup are
protected from being inadvertently copied over. You must rewind and
remove the backup reel, and mount a backup which has a write ring.
Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, "Managing Backups and Backup
Media." When the backup is correctly mounted, STORE continues, and
another REPLY is not necessary.
Progress Messages
If you have used the PROGRESS parameter in your STORE command, the system
displays progress messages at the interval you specified. For example:
STORE OPERATION IS 4% COMPLETE
You see similar messages at regular intervals, for example:
STORE OPERATION IS 7% COMPLETE
STORE OPERATION IS 11% COMPLETE
STORE OPERATION IS 14% COMPLETE
The backup is finished when the 100% complete message displays.
Mounting Additional Tapes
When STORE fills a backup on a device and it has additional information
to store to that device, it asks you to mount another backup. You see a
mount request and LDEV NOT READY message like the ones below:
15:28/#S43/59/MOUNT REEL 2 FOR STORE ON LDEV 8
15:29/#S43/59 LDEV 8 NOT READY
The mount request above asks you to mount another backup on logical
device 8.
To mount another backup:
1. Unload the first backup and stack it, label side down, on top of
any backups previously written on this drive during the current
STORE operation; remove the write ring.
2. Select the next backup from the prepared stack near the backup
device. If there are no more backups prepared, prepare a new
backup following the instructions in "Preparing Your Backup
Media", in Chapter 3, "Preparing Storage Devices."
3. Mount the new backup.
4. Continue monitoring the backup process. Mount new backups as the
system requests them.