Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!over!adler From: adler@over.caltech.edu (B. Thomas Adler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Doing backups with dump(1m) Keywords: backups Message-ID: Date: 28 Oct 90 08:23:04 GMT Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Distribution: comp Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: over.cs.caltech.edu I've just recently fallen into the position of taking care of a cluster of HP 9000s300's running HPUX 7.0, and I'm having a hell of a time getting dump(1m) to work properly. The problem is that whenever it requests a new tape to be mounted, 50% of the time it will crash saying something like "Child exited with a LOB status of 213." and terminate my backup. Talking to some other sysadmins with HP's didn't help, as they've encountered similar problems, and told me not to even bother with /etc/fbackup. Another problem with dump I have is that the "n" option (notify group operator) doesn't really seem to work. It doesn't notify cluster wide and it doesn't accept further input from the keyboard at the terminal controlling the dump. Is there something obvious that I'm missing? Please help!!!!! -Bo Adler -- B. Thomas Adler <...!ames!elroy!cit-vax!adler>