Can i make it less compressed?

hi - idvd complete newbie here. i have created a short animation, which is about 9 mins long. I have exported it (from after effects) as an uncompressed quicktime, which uses a whopping 50 gig space. In idvd I selected 'best quality' not 'best performance' but when I burned it the final movie still only used up 200 mb of space, and the quality isn't great. It's the only thing on the dvd apart from the menu. Is there a way I can make sure it uses all the available space on the dvd, rather than compresses it that much? thanks for any advice. Lucy
imac G5/macbook/powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Is there a way I can make sure it uses all the available space on the dvd, rather than compresses it that much?
Nope. But try Best Performance and see if that's better. If you have a DL burner, you could tell it to encode a disk image for DL and see if that works on a SL DVD-R.
See this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2339008&#2339008

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[SOLVED] Can't make Akonadi server / Nepomuk service run

I'm currently running KDE SC 4.9 on Arch Linux x86_64, system fully up to date.
My laptop's HD went dead some days ago so I had to restore my system from a 2-weeks old backup; I usually use fsarchiver to backup root partition and 7z to compress ~/.kde4 and ~/.config so this way I'm covered up about these kind of things.
So after restoring my system and home folder I did a full upgrade (nearly a gigabyte of downloads) and while most things seems to work well I found that Nepomuk isn't running, when I try to start it manually I have this error message:
"Failed to start the desktop search service (Nepomuk). The settings have been saved and will be used the next time the server is started."
Going back to the wiki I did my homework re-configuring Akonadi but so far I can't make Nepomuk run.
This is what I have:
~/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc
[%General]
Driver=QMYSQL
[QMYSQL]
Name=akonadi
Host=localhost
ServerPath=/usr/bin/mysqld
StartServer=true
User=akonadiuser
Password=akonadiuser
Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/home/msx/.local/share/akonadi/socket-heybeavis/mysql.socket"
[Debug]
Tracer=null
The database is already created and configured:
mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| akonadi
| mysql
| owncloud
| performance_schema |
+--------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
and the ~/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf is in place:
~ $ cat ~/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf
# Global Akonadi MySQL server settings,
# These settings can be adjusted using $HOME/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf
# Based on advice by Kris Köhntopp <[email protected]>
[mysqld]
# strict query parsing/interpretation
# TODO: make Akonadi work with those settings enabled
#sql_mode=strict_trans_tables,strict_all_tables,strict_error_for_division_by_zero,no_auto_create_user,no_auto_value_on_zero,no_engine_substitution,no_zero_date,no_zero_in_date,only_full_group_by,pipes_as_concat
sql_mode=strict_trans_tables
# DEBUGGING:
# log all queries, useful for debugging but generates an enormous amount of data
# log=mysql.full
# log queries slower than n seconds, log file name relative to datadir (for debugging only)
# log_slow_queries=mysql.slow
# long_query_time=1
# log queries not using indices, debug only, disable for production use
# log_queries_not_using_indexes=1
# mesure database size and adjust innodb_buffer_pool_size
# SELECT sum(data_length) as bla, sum(index_length) as blub FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema not in ("mysql", "information_schema");
# NOTES:
# Keep Innob_log_waits and keep Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free small (see show global status like "inno%", show global variables)
#expire_logs_days=3
#sync_bin_log=0
# Use UTF-8 encoding for tables
character_set_server=utf8
collation_server=utf8_general_ci
# use InnoDB for transactions and better crash recovery
default_storage_engine=innodb
# memory pool InnoDB uses to store data dictionary information and other internal data structures (default:1M)
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=1M
# memory buffer InnoDB uses to cache data and indexes of its tables (default:128M)
# Larger values means less I/O
innodb_buffer_pool_size=80M
# Create a .ibd file for each table (default:0)
innodb_file_per_table=1
# Write out the log buffer to the log file at each commit (default:1)
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2
# Buffer size used to write to the log files on disk (default:1M for builtin, 8M for plugin)
# larger values means less I/O
innodb_log_buffer_size=1M
# Size of each log file in a log group (default:5M) larger means less I/O but more time for recovery.
innodb_log_file_size=64M
# # error log file name, relative to datadir (default:hostname.err)
log_error=mysql.err
# print warnings and connection errors (default:1)
log_warnings=2
# Convert table named to lowercase
lower_case_table_names=1
# Maximum size of one packet or any generated/intermediate string. (default:1M)
max_allowed_packet=32M
# Maximum simultaneous connections allowed (default:100)
max_connections=256
# The two options below make no sense with prepared statements and/or transactions
# (make sense when having the same query multiple times)
# Memory allocated for caching query results (default:0 (disabled))
query_cache_size=0
# Do not cache results (default:1)
query_cache_type=0
# Do not use the privileges mechanisms
skip_grant_tables
# Do not listen for TCP/IP connections at all
skip_networking
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table_cache=200
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thread_cache_size=3
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[client]
default-character-set=utf8
Now, when I do restart Akonadi server I got:
~ $ akonadictl restart
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
search paths: ("/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin", "/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/sbin", "/usr/bin/vendor_perl", "/usr/bin/core_perl", "/usr/bin/msx", "/usr/lib/colorgcc/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
~ $ akonadi.collectionattributetable OK
akonadi.collectionmimetyperelation OK
akonadi.collectionpimitemrelation OK
akonadi.collectiontable OK
akonadi.flagtable OK
akonadi.mimetypetable OK
akonadi.parttable OK
akonadi.pimitemflagrelation OK
akonadi.pimitemtable OK
akonadi.resourcetable OK
akonadi.schemaversiontable OK
Nepomuk Query Server not available
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
search paths: ("/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin", "/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/sbin", "/usr/bin/vendor_perl", "/usr/bin/core_perl", "/usr/bin/msx", "/usr/lib/colorgcc/bin")
KGlobal::locale::Warning your global KLocale is being recreated with a valid main component instead of a fake component, this usually means you tried to call i18n related functions before your main component was created. You should not do that since it most likely will not work
KGlobal::locale::Warning your global KLocale is being recreated with a valid main component instead of a fake component, this usually means you tried to call i18n related functions before your main component was created. You should not do that since it most likely will not work
"/usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder(13892)" Soprano: "Could not connect to server at /tmp/ksocket-msx/nepomuk-socket (No such file or directory)"
"/usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder(13892)" Soprano: "Could not connect to server at /tmp/ksocket-msx/nepomuk-socket (No such file or directory)"
"/usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder(13892)" Soprano: "Could not connect to server at /tmp/ksocket-msx/nepomuk-socket (No such file or directory)"
"/usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder(13892)" Soprano: "Could not connect to server at /tmp/ksocket-msx/nepomuk-socket (No such file or directory)"
search paths: ("/home/msx/.kde4/lib/kde4/plugins/", "/usr/lib/kde4/plugins/", "/home/msx/.kde4/lib/kde4/plugins/", "/usr/lib/kde4/plugins/", "/usr/lib/qt/plugins", "/usr/bin", "/usr/lib/kde4/plugins", "/home/msx/.kde4/lib/kde4/", "/usr/lib/kde4/")
AkonadiAgentServer(13913)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
AkonadiAgentServer(13913)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
Please correct me if I'm wrong but seems Akonadi can't/don't create the resource needed by Nepomuk, right?
"/usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder(13892)" Soprano: "Could not connect to server at /tmp/ksocket-msx/nepomuk-socket (No such file or directory)"
Already raked the forums and the net but can't find anything of help :(
* UPDATE *
1.Further research shows akonadi database is empty so it seems Akonadi isn't connecting to MySQLd.
2. I created a new user to simplify research and found the very same problem when trying to activate Nepomuk: Failed to start the desktop search service (Nepomuk). The settings have been saved and will be used the next time the server is started.
From what I remember Akonadi/Nepomuk/Soprano were working well in previous KDE 4.8.4.
* UPDATE *
Solved after reinstalling all MySQL stack.
Regards,
Martin
Last edited by msx (2012-08-15 06:33:30)

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Hi guys! Really liking Captivate 5.5, especially the way random question slides can lift questions out of a question pool...very elegant!
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NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.
Clone Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue button.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Drive Preparation for a New External Drive
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.

I have one folder on an XSAN that one machine can not make changes to. Whenever I try to duplicate or copy a file in this folder I get 'The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50).'?

I have one folder on an XSAN that one machine can not make changes to. Whenever I try to duplicate or copy a file in this folder I get 'The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50).'
The permissions are fine, and I have trashed the finder plist and reset the NVRAM.
Anyone have a answer?
Thanks

Tips I received so far (thanks to A-Mac via Twitter http://www.a-mac.nl and Remco Kalf http://www.remcokalf.nl/)
- make sure you have at least 10% of your harddisk in free space (I had only 5%).
- do a PRAM-reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379)
- perform a hardware test (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509)
- make a complete backup (with for example Carbone Clone Copier, see http://www.bombich.com/)
- after complete backup: use diskwarrior (boot from Diskwarrior DVD, first perform diagnostics, then perform "Rebuild" which rebuilds your file directory).
So far I only cleared up some space on my HD, and already the problem occurs less.
Still, I will go through the other tips too.
(will post progress)

Can I make an additional hard drive partition with a boot camp partition on my mac?

Hi.
I have installed boot camp and now I want another partition for a second install of Mavericks. Can I make another partition for this without messing up Windows 8.1?

Is it dangerous to use an external HD to boot from? The guy at Circuit City told me it was.
One danger of using an external hard drive as a boot drive, is the connection is not as reliable as an internal hard drive. The other is the mistaken assumption that just because it is separate, or not part of the computer, that it is safe. The only true safety comes in numbers. You should always backup your data*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
2.5" hard drives are a little less reliable than 3.5" hard drives because of the smaller parts involved. Mac Minis have 2.5" hard drives, whereas other desktop Macs have 3.5" hard drives. Whether the reliability of Firewire or USB over SATA or Parallel ATA on 2.5" is enough to offset this difference is hard to say. Having enough backups ensures you don't have to be surprised when you find out in your situation.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Can I influence amount of compression in Compressor to maximize on disc spa

I haven't time to trawl through all the existing posts to see if this is here, so if it exists somewhere else can you kindly just point me in its direction? Thanks
It's a simple question. I am making short videos in FCP (version 4.5). I have been using Compressor (v 1.2.1) to export finished movies and Roxio Toast to burn because I don't want to bother with menus. Currently I am putting single 3 minute long (or less) videos on a DVD for sending to festivals. I've been using the 60 min High Quality encode preset, and although the videos seem to look alright on disc the m2v file is typically only around 150 MB, leaving lots of unused space on the disc. Is there any way of making more use of the available disc space by using less compression and thereby getting the best quality possible? The original uncompressed DV file will be around 5 or 6Gig typically.
By the way I think I have to stick with mpeg2 because these DVDs have to be playable on standard players, and I don't know what kind of DVD players they will be played on.
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
imac G5 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.5GB RAM

I think that if you are satisfied with the final quality of your DVD image there is no reason to change the settings. You can adjust to higher bitrates in the settings, but most probably you'll get playback problems in your distributed DVDs.
If your image is good now, no reason to change it just to take more space !

How can I make NETRIS listings work on Firefox.

I have always kept NETRIS on Internet E because it will not work on Firefox. Some of the buttons will not work. A tech guys said yesterday that it now works and to ditch internet E because it causes problems. But I still cannot get the search etc. buttons to work.

I've been struggling with this problem a lot in the past two days because my client is trying to ditch Internet Explorer entirely and the Microsoft OS entirely if possible. The www.ntreis.net website seems to work perfectly until you log in, and then everything loads and again seems to work perfectly except for the Search function. As near as I can narrow it down, there is some bizzare function that Search calls that no other browser in the world but IE8 from Mircosoft calls or recognizes. Strangely their website will tell you it supports a Mozilla Browser and I guess on a purely technical level that's true, but the lack of the Search function makes it less than useful. The same problem exists with higher levels of IE for Windows 8. As of right now unless there is some known work around, www.ntreis.net only works on XP or windows 7 machines running only IE8 nothing earlier or later functions at all. If you'd like screenshots or available code from the site, that's available upon request.
It's been suggested, that the problem might have something to do with secure browser settings. In the source code of the affected part of the page, the agent's liscense is given in plain text. I don't know if there's any way to test this or not.
Just an update, the Innovia portal works flawlessly not only in Firefox, but in a completely different operating system, it looks slightly different than the standard Listings section but it works the same way.

Hello, my Macbook now getting slow, how can I make it fast and fix it?

How to make my Macbook fast and kill the risks?

Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to: OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                  The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
                                  The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
                                  The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
                                  Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
     1. Carbon Copy Cloner
     2. Data Backup
     3. Deja Vu
     4. SuperDuper!
     5. SyncTwoFolders
     6. Synk Pro
     7. Synk Standard
     8. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

Can't make offline backup after system copy

Hi to all!
After the system copy of Solution Manager 7.01 ehp 1 from Windows to RHEL Linux I can't make the offline backup. SolMan work normaly.
Online backup works normally too.
But I have no *.spi and *.spu files in the backup directory (like benziefn.spi). I tried to update brtools - it doesn't help. I run brtools under orasid user.
Thanks for help!
BR0051I BRBACKUP 7.40 (9)
BR0055I Start of database backup: benziefn.afd 2014-06-02 10:00:47
BR0484I BRBACKUP log file: /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/benziefn.afd
BR0477I Oracle pfile /oracle/SM1/112_64/dbs/initSM1.ora created from spfile /oracle/SM1/112_64/dbs/spfileSM1.ora
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:00:50
BR0057I Backup of database: SM1
BR0058I BRBACKUP action ID: benziefn
BR0059I BRBACKUP function ID: afd
BR0110I Backup mode: ALL
BR0077I Database files for backup:
/oracle/SM1/origlogA/log_g11m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogB/log_g12m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogA/log_g13m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogB/log_g14m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogA/cntrl/cntrlSM1.dbf
BR0061I 42 files found for backup, total size 83909.619 MB
BR0143I Backup type: offline_force
BR0111I Files will be compressed
BR0130I Backup device type: disk
BR0106I Files will be saved on disk in directory: /oracle/SM1/sapbackup_remote/benziefn
BR0140I Number of parallel copy processes: 8
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:00:50
BR0256I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 's[top]' to cancel BRBACKUP:
c
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:31
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0064I Database instance SM1 will be shut down now
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:31
BR0256I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 's[top]' to cancel BRBACKUP:
c
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:34
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0370I Directory /oracle/SM1/sapbackup_remote/benziefn created
BR0202I Saving init_ora
BR0203I to /oracle/SM1/sapbackup_remote/SM1 ...
BR0202I Saving /oracle/SM1/112_64/dbs/initSM1.sap
BR0203I to /oracle/SM1/sapbackup_remote/SM1 ...
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:34
BR0198I Profiles saved successfully
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:34
BR0307I Shutting down database instance SM1 ...
BR0278E Command output of '/oracle/SM1/112_64/bin/sqlplus /nolog < /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/.benziefn.spi':
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Mon Jun 2 10:01:34 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> SP2-0310: unable to open file "/oracle/SM1/sapbackup/.benziefn.spu"
SQL>
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> ORA-01012: not logged on
SQL>
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:34
BR0279E Return code from '/oracle/SM1/112_64/bin/sqlplus /nolog < /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/.benziefn.spi': 0
BR0302E SQLPLUS call for database instance SM1 failed
BR0309E Shutdown of database instance SM1 failed
BR0056I End of database backup: benziefn.afd 2014-06-02 10:01:34
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:35
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
BR0292I Execution of BRBACKUP finished with return code 5
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2014-06-02 10:01:35
BR0668I Warnings or errors occurred - you can continue to ignore them or go back to repeat the last action
BR0670I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 'b[ack]' to go back, 's[top]' to abort:

BR0051I BRBACKUP 7.40 (9)
BR0055I Start of database backup: benzipxv.afd 2014-06-02 12:12:39
BR0484I BRBACKUP log file: /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/benzipxv.afd
BR0477I Oracle pfile /oracle/SM1/112_64/dbs/initSM1.ora created from spfile /oracle/SM1/112_64/dbs/spfileSM1.ora
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:46
BR0057I Backup of database: SM1
BR0058I BRBACKUP action ID: benzipxv
BR0059I BRBACKUP function ID: afd
BR0110I Backup mode: ALL
BR0077I Database files for backup:
/oracle/SM1/origlogA/log_g11m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogB/log_g12m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogA/log_g13m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogB/log_g14m1.dbf
/oracle/SM1/origlogA/cntrl/cntrlSM1.dbf
BR0061I 42 files found for backup, total size 83909.619 MB
BR0143I Backup type: offline_force
BR0111I Files will be compressed
BR0130I Backup device type: disk
BR0106I Files will be saved on disk in directory: /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/benzipxv
BR0140I Number of parallel copy processes: 8
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:46
BR0256I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 's[top]' to cancel BRBACKUP:
c
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:48
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0064I Database instance SM1 will be shut down now
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:48
BR0256I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 's[top]' to cancel BRBACKUP:
c
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:50
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0370I Directory /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/benzipxv created
BR0202I Saving init_ora
BR0203I to /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/SM1 ...
BR0202I Saving /oracle/SM1/112_64/dbs/initSM1.sap
BR0203I to /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/SM1 ...
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:50
BR0198I Profiles saved successfully
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:50
BR0307I Shutting down database instance SM1 ...
BR0278E Command output of '/oracle/SM1/112_64/bin/sqlplus /nolog < /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/.benzipxv.spi':
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Mon Jun 2 12:12:50 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> SP2-0310: unable to open file "/oracle/SM1/sapbackup/.benzipxv.spu"
SQL>
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> ORA-01012: not logged on
SQL>
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:51
BR0279E Return code from '/oracle/SM1/112_64/bin/sqlplus /nolog < /oracle/SM1/sapbackup/.benzipxv.spi': 0
BR0302E SQLPLUS call for database instance SM1 failed
BR0309E Shutdown of database instance SM1 failed
BR0056I End of database backup: benzipxv.afd 2014-06-02 12:12:51
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:51
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
BR0292I Execution of BRBACKUP finished with return code 5
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2014-06-02 12:12:51
BR0668I Warnings or errors occurred - you can continue to ignore them or go back to repeat the last action
BR0670I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 'b[ack]' to go back, 's[top]' to abort:

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