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No headers- Issue
- Taper process errors are reported in NOTES section of [1] command output or in the backup report email. These No space left on device error messages are reported when the backup images spans multiple media such as tapes. For example: Error messages in NOTES section
taper: tape backup5 kb 124578688 fm 12 writing file: No space left on device
taper: continuing iron:/home.0 on new tape from 115343360kb mark: [writing file: No space left on device]
taper: tape backup4 kb 15288608 fm 2 [OK]
- Solution
- These error messages can be ignored if the backup run has been configured with runtapes greater than 1. In the above example, these messages mean backup image for iron:/home backup level 0 (full backup) did not fit into tape labelled backup5. Remaining backup image was backed up to the tape labelled backup4. The backup operation was successful.