BR278E error during backup

Question

HI all,
Our database backup was running ok for the passed 3 months after the SAP system was installed. Recently, I keep getting BR278E error during backup. Below are the error message:
BR0202I Saving init_ora
BR0203I to /dev/rmt/0mn ...
BR0278E Command output of 'LANG=C cd /oracle/PRD/102_64/dbs && /usr/sap/PRD/SYS/
exe/run/brtools -f printarg initPRD.ora spfilePRD.ora | LANG=C cpio -ovB > /dev/
rmt/0mn':
initPRD.ora
spfilePRD.ora
^GEnd of medium on "output".
To continue, type device/file name when ready.
The SAP system is on Solaris/Oracle running ECC6.0. LTO-4 tape drive is used for the backup. Tape_size in initSID.sap is set to 720000M. Current database size is 128Gb.
What is the reason for the backup failure?
Rdgs,
Lim

Answer 1

Hi,
This is my initSID.sap
@(#) $Id: //bas/640_REL/src/ccm/rsbr/initSUN.sap#4 $ SAP
backup mode [all | all_data | full | incr | sap_dir | ora_dir
| <tablespace_name> | <file_id> | <file_id1>-<file_id2>
| <generic_path> | (<object_list>)]
default: all
backup_mode = all
restore mode [all | all_data | full | incr | incr_only | incr_full
| <tablespace_name> | <file_id> | <file_id1>-<file_id2>
| <generic_path> | (<object_list>)]
redirection with '=' is not supported here - use option '-m' instead
default: all
restore_mode = all
backup type [offline | offline_force | offline_standby | offline_split
| offline_mirror | offline_stop | online | online_cons | online_split
| online_mirror
default: offline
backup_type = online
backup device type
[tape | tape_auto | tape_box | pipe | pipe_auto | pipe_box | disk
| disk_copy | disk_standby | stage | stage_copy | stage_standby
| util_file | util_file_online | rman_util | rman_disk | rman_stage
| rman_prep]
default: tape
backup_dev_type = tape
backup root directory [<path_name> | (<path_name_list>)]
default: $SAPDATA_HOME/sapbackup
backup_root_dir = /oracle/PRD/sapbackup
stage root directory [<path_name> | (<path_name_list>)]
default: value of the backup_root_dir parameter
stage_root_dir = /oracle/PRD/sapbackup
compression flag [yes | no | hardware | only]
default: no
compress =  hardware
compress command
first $-character is replaced by the source file name
second $-character is replaced by the target file name
<target_file_name> = <source_file_name>.Z
for compress command the -c option must be set
recommended setting for brbackup -k only run:
"compress -b 12 -c $ > $"
no default
compress_cmd = "compress -b 12 -c $ > $"
uncompress command
first $-character is replaced by the source file name
second $-character is replaced by the target file name
<source_file_name> = <target_file_name>.Z
for uncompress command the -c option must be set
no default
uncompress_cmd = "uncompress -c $ > $"
directory for compression [<path_name> | (<path_name_list>)]
default: value of the backup_root_dir parameter
compress_dir = /oracle/PRD/sapreorg
brarchive function [save | second_copy | double_save | save_delete
| second_copy_delete | double_save_delete | copy_save
| copy_delete_save | delete_saved | delete_copied]
default: save
archive_function = copy_delete_save
directory for archive log copies to disk
default: first value of the backup_root_dir parameter
archive_copy_dir = /oracle/PRD/sapbackup
directory for archive log copies to stage
default: first value of the stage_root_dir parameter
archive_stage_dir = /oracle/PRD/sapbackup
new sapdata home directory for disk_copy | disk_standby
no default
new_db_home = /oracle/C11
stage sapdata home directory for stage_copy | stage_standby
default: value of the new_db_home parameter
stage_db_home = /oracle/C11
original sapdata home directory for split mirror disk backup
no default
orig_db_home = /oracle/C11
remote host name
no default
remote_host = <host_name>
remote user name
default: current operating system user
remote_user = <user_name>
tape copy command [cpio | cpio_gnu | dd | dd_gnu | rman | rman_dd]
default: cpio
tape_copy_cmd = dd
disk copy command [copy | dd | dd_gnu | rman]
default: copy
disk_copy_cmd = copy
stage copy command [rcp | ftp]
default: rcp
stage_copy_cmd = rcp
flags for cpio output command
default: -ovB
cpio_flags = -ovB
flags for cpio input command
default: -iuvB
cpio_in_flags = -iuvB
flags for cpio command for copy of directories to disk
default: -pdcu
cpio_disk_flags = -pdcu
flags for dd output command
default: "obs=16k"
recommended setting:
Unix: "obs=nk bs=nk", example: "obs=64k bs=64k"
NT:   "bs=nk",        example: "bs=64k"
dd_flags = "obs=64k bs=64k"
flags for dd input command
default: "ibs=16k"
recommended setting:
Unix: "ibs=nk bs=nk", example: "ibs=64k bs=64k"
NT:   "bs=nk",        example: "bs=64k"
dd_in_flags = "ibs=64k bs=64k"
copy_in_cmd = "dd ibs=64k obs=8k if=$"
rewind command
rewind = "mt -f $ rewind"
rewind and set offline command
rewind_offline = "mt -f $ offline"
tape positioning command
tape_pos_cmd = "mt -f $ fsf $"
recommended values for tape devices with hardware compression:
tape_size = 720000M
address of backup device without rewind
tape_address = /dev/rmt/0mn
address of backup device with rewind
tape_address_rew = /dev/rmt/0m
volumes for brarchive
volume_archive = (PRDA09, PRDA10)
volumes for brbackup
volume_backup = (PRDB09, PRDB10)
expiration period for backup volumes in days
expir_period = 5
recommended usages of backup volumes
tape_use_count = 260
Edited by: limws1 on Aug 27, 2011 4:44 AM