Production Disk Backup Fail
channel ch1: starting piece 1 at 24-FEB-11 channel ch1: finished piece 1 at 24-FEB-11 piece handle=/app/db/oracle/u99/backup/ATPP/RMAN/Level1_2011_02_24_030000/ATPP20110224sfm5efjf_1_1 tag=ATPP1_1_BKUP2011_02_24030000 comment=NONE channel ch1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:03:35 channel ch1: starting compressed incremental level 1 datafile backupset channel ch1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset input datafile fno=00009 name=/u04/oradata/ATPP/psapsr3_2.dbf
input datafile fno=00005 name=/u05/oradata/ATPP/undotbs02.dbf
input datafile fno=00010 name=/u05/oradata/ATPP/strm_2.dbf input datafile fno=00003 name=/u03/oradata/ATPP/sysaux01.dbf
input datafile fno=00004 name=/u03/oradata/ATPP/users01.dbf
channel ch1: starting piece 1 at 24-FEB-11 released channel: ch1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ch1 channel at 02/24/2011 03:11:10
ORA-19502: write error on file "/app/db/oracle/u99/backup/ATPP/RMAN/Level1_2011_02_24_030000/ATPP20110224sgm5efq6_1_1", blockno 45825 (blocksize=8192)
ORA-27072: File I/O error
Linux-x86_64 Error: 11: Resource temporarily unavailable Additional information: 4 Additional information: 45825 Additional information: 856576
RMAN>
old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
RMAN>
RMAN>
Recovery Manager complete.
RMAN_Hot_DiskBkup failed on ausylippd1001: ATPP1 on 2011_02_24 - Return Code - 1
Our Level 1 Backups are failed due these error.
What is the reason, How to Fix it.?
ORA-19502: write error on file "/app/db/oracle/u99/backup/ATPP/RMAN/Level1_2011_02_24_030000/ATPP20110224sgm5efq6_1_1", blockno 45825 (blocksize=8192)
ORA-27072: File I/O error
Linux-x86_64 Error: 11: Resource temporarily unavailable Additional information: 4 Additional information: 45825 Additional information: 856576
may be you do not have sufficient free space,Check this
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channel oem_disk_backup: SID=688 device type=DISK
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Doubt this issue relates to a recent and ugly issue but sharing anyways (resolved thanks to a user here: LaPastenague)
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This was on Feb 10th resolved. Few days later I upgraded to Yosemite. Backups were working fine since.
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I called Apple. Their front line was clueless. He suggested resetting the TC (latest "tower" model btw") which then a backup kicked off YEAH
But the next hour it failed
Called Apple again, this time to Sr Advisor. He suggested factory reset of the TC and set up again. Also first backup worked then rest failed
Third call to Apple useless also. He was asking questions I didn't feel relevant. He also was asking me to reset the TC which I told him was done 2 hours prior. He asked me to reboot which I could NOT at that time.
I begged him to collect data to submit to engineering, which will take days to get a reply.
So I thought I would throw this out to the community....
TC Is NEW (replaced from last issue). Mac is 8 months old (iMac 27"), Os is Yosemite, TC also new (latest model)
Thanks...Yosemite is problematic on two fronts.. Networking and Time Machine.. so the combo of doing both with a Time Capsule is like bugs on bugs.
Here is my standard list.. but your problem maybe difficult to resolve.. and my suggestion is simple.. until Apple get their act together and fix TM.. buy Carbon Copy Cloner and use that for your backup. It is solid and reliable.. even better if you use USB drive plugged into the computer and do a bootable clone.. because then you have a backup that is able to be tested for full functionality 2min after the end of the backup.
This also starts from a factory reset.. but the reason for it is to change the configuration which is much more easily handled with factory reset to begin.. the instructions are there.. because this is my standard reply.. this is not uncommon!!
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only.
There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
You might need to do some more work on the Mac itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.
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Backup failed on 2010/08/14 at 23:11:11. REASON: Insufficient disk space on backup destination volume. Available Space is 65367892Kb and required space for backup is 78515097Kb.
Could you please assist as to why is 78GB of space required for the backup. The total size of main CiscoWorks folder 'CSCOpx' is only 33GB.
How can I identify which processes, folders are occupying more space thereby increasing the backup capacity. Also, are the previous backups, backed up again on subsequent runs. Please assist.
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Time capsule backups failing - backup disk not available
All of a sudden I’m getting:
Time Machine could not complete the backup.
The backup disk is not available.
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Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://*.local/Data
NetAuthConnectToServerSync failed with error: 89 for url: afp://*.local/Data
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Stop any time machine backup in Time Machine preferences.
Go into Keychain Access in Utilities.
Go to search field and type "Local"
Delete any files that are of the kind "Time Machine Password". They should end in something like afpovertcp._tcp.local
Now turn on Time Machine back up in Preferences.
Click Select Disk and choose the volume.
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I've been having trouble on and off with Time Mahcine backups. I have an iMac running Lion, an external USB HD which is my Time Machine disk. It will run fine for a day or so and then fail with the "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder". If I run the Time Machine Buddy utility it shows the follwing error log:
Starting standard backup
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Over the last three-four years of using TimeMachine I have had FOUR (4) disk drives fail on me. In the first instance, the power supply failed twice. Switching from connection via Firewire to USB seemed to solve that problem.
Then in May 2011 I bought TWO x Freecom HD 1 TB portable drives, I indicated to the Apple retailer, YooBee, expressly for use as TimeMachine backups.
They have both FAILED for me, as per the description below, which I have filed on the Freecom support site.
So FOUR disk drives failing over 3 to 4 years is beyond bad luck, beyond coincidence, but 'conspiracy' as Churhill might have put it. The common factor is that all four disks failed 'on watch' as being my TimeMachine drives. I am VERY ALARMED at his rate of failure, and wonder if there is a fault with TimeMachine in burning out the disks through some feature of excess use?
I note the detailed advice here is pertinent ... but I've only just found it!
Backup, restoring, formatting info: Apple Support Communities. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16, 2012, from https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201
Message to Freecom Support Forum 2012-1-14, and YooBee.
I was absolutely assured by my Apple Mac (YooBee, 123 Broadway, Newmarket) store that these drives would be perfect for TimeMachine backup. But to have TWO fail within 8 months of purchase is very, very, very alarming. One failing is bad luck. Two failing is more than coincidence....
There was an alarming clicking noise from the disks.
Disks were disconncted from USB.
Message from Mac saying USB drive disconnected incorrctly. I DID NOTHING: Timemachine was just in the middle of doing a backup, perhaps. I was just working away when I noticed the tiny noise, above.
I turned of Timemachine in preferences. Physically powered down and disconnected Freecom drive. Waited. Reconnected. Unable to remount. Used Disk Utility to mount, and initiated Repair.
Message Apple disk utility
Verify and Repair volume "MELLALIEU-01-FREECOM-HDD-1TB"
Checking file system
Volume repair complete
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required
Error: disk Utility cant repair this disk. Back up as many files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed up files"
Another message
Mac OS X can't repair the disk
MELLALIEU-01-FREECOM-HDD-1TB
You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can't save changes to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can.
Well: the Freecom is not able to be remounted, even after plugging, and replugging the USB.
This happened with TWO drives.
And despite the suggestion to backup the files NONE are accessible.
This is NOT what I expect to have happen with drives expressly purchased for use as TimeMachine backups.
I managed to reformat the one that first failed, about two months after purchase. I have not attempted to reformat the latest failure-- and loose my complete Timemachine backup. Naturally, I don't use the reformatted disk for Timemachine, but a Vault for Aperture.
Equipment specification and serial numbers:
Freecom HD Mobile Drive xxs 1 Tb x 2
model SSYAAA P/N 35154
Purchased May 2011, YOOBEE, Newmarket.
S/N 351540442100051.
S/N 351540442100021. -
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I installed XP @Bootcamp, I cant access my Mac HDD via XP..
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Why backups fail despite ample disk space?
PROB: Backups fail. Not enough space. With Disk Utility, erased contents of 239.9 GB Maxtor. Still backups fail with 232.5 of 232.6 GB available.
QUES: Next step in troubleshooting backup failures.
TIA, Jimjester999 wrote:
I'm having the same problem. I have a 1 TB Time machine hard drive, and I have 761GB to back up.
I reformatted the Time machine hard drive. When I try to back up, I get a message: Backup failed. You have 961GB to back up and only 931GB available space.
That's too small.
First, while it varies greatly depending on how you use your Mac, Time Machine usually needs 2-3 times the space of the data it's backing-up, to be able to keep a reasonable "depth" of backups for you. See #1 in the FAQ per my previous post.
Second, a 1 TB Time Capsule has a total of about 930 GB when counted the way Leopard counts it, after formatting. If the message says it needs 961 GB after adding the 20%, it's trying to back up more like 800 GB. So you must have something else connected. Check the +Total included+ as in my previous post.
See #A1 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] for a handy widget that will display the backup messages from your logs. They'll show more of the detail.
You may be able to squeeze a backup onto your TC by excluding a lot of large things, so the total plus 20% doesn't exceed 931 GB. Then remove the exclusions and run another backup -- since the new amount to be backed-up will be much smaller, the 20% won't be as large, either, and it may fit.
Longer term, you need a much larger Time Machine volume.
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Using iPod as backup disk for failing drive
I am an avid user of iTunes with multiple years of history behind me, and I have owned my own iPod since about February, and I have never been disappointed until now, but I feel this is more an ID 10.T error than anything else.
I have a big library, so much so that a regular iPod just wouldn't do it, I had to go for the biggest one available. With a library of 5,230 songs covering 31.65GB, I have a nearly irreplacable collection, and to my dismay, my internal disk is failing (thank you Maxtor...)
As a wise move, I synchronised my iPod with iTunes with the latest additions, and was horrified to find that iTunes had sleuthed an entire band (Motorhead! No!), three songs from another band (Jimi Hendrix, why all the good guys?!), and two lone songs had become victim to my series of bad sectors cropping up all over the place. While I was thankful that this had not altered my iPod listings (the tracks are still on the iPod, and are still playable), I am left with a situation.
If I want to recover these tracks, most of which were ripped from now long-lost CDs years ago rather than purchased over iTMS, how would I go about doing it? Obviously, restoring them on the failing disk would be absolutely fruitless, but there will come a time when I CAN afford to replace the disk, and when this time comes, the entire library will need restoring, and as an extra precaution, I want to have the library stored on my partner's PowerBook. Having turned off automatic synchronisation, under the fear that I would lose my tracks, I thought there would then also be a method for transferring all the data FROM the iPod TO a machine, but this does not appear to be possible, and one begins to ponder the usefulness and customer satisfaction of a one-way music player? Is there an option within iTunes I am missing or simply haven't found yet? Or does the problem lie deeper than I believe it to be? How am I supposed to get music off, and re-enable automatic synchronisation without vaporising my irreplacable music collection that already exists on my iPod?
Seriously, it took me many years to rip, and over five hours to transfer, do NOT tell me I'm going to have to vaporise it to do anything with it, as I've already lost a few ultra-rare tracks on the disk...
Any help that could be given is very much appreciated.
Custom Windows XP ProNow that your iPod is set for manual music management, does the iPod show up in Windows like an external drive? Do you see it listed either by name or by the generic "removable disk" under My Computer? Because once Windows recognizes it as a removable drive, you can open it and poke around for your files. First you need to expose hidden files using Windows' Tools•Folder Options•View settings. Then you'll see the folders in which the iPod stores all the stuff.
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Why is my macbook running so slow? see etrecheck report. thanks!
Problem description: MacBook Pro running slow EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121) Report generated April 7, 2015 10:01:15 PM CDT Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products. Cl
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CS4 Audio and Video are misalligned-- Assistance is appreciated.
I just recently purchased the CS4 Production Premium and am having alot of fun with Premier, but I've run into a problem with one of my clips. It is playing the video perfectly fine, but the audio seems to be a second or two delayed. Does anyone ha
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How do I download to a connected portable hard drive, rather than my MacBook Air hard drive, all TV shows I've purchased?
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Forgot password on iPod now have a new computer
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