ERROR

This message occurs when an SMTape backup operation is aborted because a write to tape device fails.

Make sure that the tape device does not have media errors and is writable. Check for error details in the log file at /mroot/etc/log/backup.

SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s was aborted because write to output failed.

sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): Current destination device to which backup was performed.

ERROR

This message occurs when an SMTape backup operation to tape fails.

Check for error details in the log file at /mroot/etc/log/backup. Retry the command after resolving the error reported.

SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s failed with error %s.

sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): Current destination device to which backup was performed.
errorstring (STRING): Error string returned by SMTape.

NOTICE

This message occurs when an SMTape backup operation to tape succeeds.

(None).

SMTape backup session %d from %s to tape was successful. %s, %d tape(s) written.

sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
stats (STRING): Statistics for the SMTape backup.
numtapes (INT): Number of tapes used.

ERROR

This message occurs when an SMTape backup to tape fails because the tape device is busy.

Make sure that the tape device is not being used by another application and retry the operation when it is free. Otherwise, issue the command using a tape device that is not currently in use.

Tape device is busy, aborting SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s.

sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): SMTape destination tape device.

NOTICE

This message occurs when a CLI-based SMTape backup operation to tape reaches end of tape.

Load the next tape media onto a drive and position it correctly, and then issue the 'system smtape continue -session-id [session-id] -tape [tapepath]' command with the new tape path.

SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s is waiting for a tape change.

sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): Current destination tape device to which backup was performed.