Backup error in DEV and QA Server

Question

Dear all ,
I got the error when i am trying to take backup ,
pls check the log .
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-15 11.29.52
BR0226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt0 ...
BR0278E Command output of 'LANG=C tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind':
/dev/rmt0: No such device or address
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-15 11.29.52
BR0279E Return code from 'LANG=C tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind': 2
BR0213E Winding tape volume in device /dev/rmt0.1 failed
BR0056I End of database backup: bedrfoqg.ant 2010-07-15 11.29.52
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-15 11.29.52
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
Kindly suggest
Regards

Answer 1

Hi rajesh ,
I have changed the below mwntion parameter .
tape_address = /dev/rmt2
tape_address_rew = /dev/rmt2
i have followed the below steps for archive log backup through Brtools .
Backup and database copy
1 = Database backup
2 - Archivelog backup
3 - Database copy
4 - Non-database backup
5 - Backup of database disk backup
6 - Verification of database backup
7 - Verification of archivelog backup
8 - Additional functions
9 - Reset program status
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
BR0662I Enter your choice:
2
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.43.11
BR0663I Your choice: '2'
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.43.11
BR0657I Input menu 17 - please enter/check input values
BRARCHIVE main options for archivelog backup and verification
1 - BRARCHIVE profile (profile) ...... [initIRQ.sap]
2 - BRARCHIVE function (function) .... [save]
3 - Backup device type (device) ...... [tape]
4 ~ Tape volumes for backup (volume) . []
5 # BACKINT/Mount profile (parfile) .. []
6 - Database user/password (user) .... [/]
7 ~ Maximum number of files (number) . []
8 - Back up disk backup (archive) .... [no]
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
BR0662I Enter your choice:
4
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.43.36
BR0663I Your choice: '4'
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.43.36
BR0681I Enter string value for "volume" (scratch|<tape_vol>|<tape_vol_list>) []:
000031L3
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.43.58
BR0683I New value for "volume": '000031L3'
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.43.58
BR0657I Input menu 17 - please enter/check input values
BRARCHIVE main options for archivelog backup and verification
1 - BRARCHIVE profile (profile) ...... [initIRQ.sap]
2 - BRARCHIVE function (function) .... [save]
3 - Backup device type (device) ...... [tape]
4 ~ Tape volumes for backup (volume) . [000031L3]
5 # BACKINT/Mount profile (parfile) .. []
6 - Database user/password (user) .... [/]
7 ~ Maximum number of files (number) . []
8 - Back up disk backup (archive) .... [no]
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
BR0662I Enter your choice:
c
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.03
BR0663I Your choice: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.03
BR0657I Input menu 18 - please enter/check input values
Additional BRARCHIVE options for archivelog backup
1 - Confirmation mode (confirm) ....... [yes]
2 - Query mode (query) ................ [no]
3 - Compression mode (compress) ....... [no]
4 - Verification mode (verify) ........ [no]
5 - Fill mode, group size (fill) ...... [no]
6 - Modify mode, delay apply (modify) . [no]
7 - Additional output (output) ........ [no]
8 - Message language (language) ....... [E]
9 - BRARCHIVE command line (command) .. [-p initIRQ.sap -save -d tape -v 000031
L3 -k no -l E]
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
BR0662I Enter your choice:
c
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.07
BR0663I Your choice: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0291I BRARCHIVE will be started with options '-p initIRQ.sap -save -d tape -v
000031L3 -k no -l E'
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.07
BR0670I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 'b[ack]' to go back, 's[top]' to abort:
c
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.13
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0002I BRARCHIVE 7.00 (34)
BR0180E Backup devices with and without rewind have the same address
BR0189W Expiration period equal 0 - backup volumes could be immediately overwrit
ten
BR0007I End of offline redo log processing: aedsahub.log 2010-07-19 16.44.13
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.14
BR0005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors
BR0292I Execution of BRARCHIVE finished with return code 3
BR0668I Warnings or errors occurred - you can continue to ignore them or go back
to repeat the last action
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-19 16.44.14
BR0670I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 'b[ack]' to go back, 's[top]' to abort:
Kindly Advise