smtape.bkp events

12/07/2023 Contributors

smtape.bkp.abort.write.err

Severity: ERROR
Description: This message occurs when an SMTape backup operation is aborted because a write to tape device fails.
Corrective Action: 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.
Syslog Message: SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s was aborted because write to output failed.
Parameters: sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): Current destination device to which backup was performed.

Severity: ERROR
Description: This message occurs when an SMTape backup operation to tape fails.
Corrective Action: Check for error details in the log file at /mroot/etc/log/backup. Retry the command after resolving the error reported.
Syslog Message: SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s failed with error %s.
Parameters: 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.

Severity: NOTICE
Description: This message occurs when an SMTape backup operation to tape succeeds.
Corrective Action: (None).
Syslog Message: SMTape backup session %d from %s to tape was successful. %s, %d tape(s) written.
Parameters: 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.

Severity: ERROR
Description: This message occurs when an SMTape backup to tape fails because the tape device is busy.
Corrective Action: 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.
Syslog Message: Tape device is busy, aborting SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s.
Parameters: sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): SMTape destination tape device.

Severity: NOTICE
Description: This message occurs when a CLI-based SMTape backup operation to tape reaches end of tape.
Corrective Action: 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.
Syslog Message: SMTape backup session %d from %s to %s is waiting for a tape change.
Parameters: sessionid (INT): Session ID of the SMTape operation.
srcvolpath (STRING): SMTape source volume.
tapepath (STRING): Current destination tape device to which backup was performed.