VM Template tar extract failed

Question

Hello,
I have an issue with a PeopleSoft ELM template, however the problem is related to extracting the tarball. Is there anything specific I need to do when extracting these archives? Here is what I've tried:
[root@vochomurka seed_pool]# gunzip -c OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_ELMDB_9_1_2_PVM.tgz.1of2 | tar -xvf -
ELMDB.img
oracle11g_x86_64_asm.img
gunzip: OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_ELMDB_9_1_2_PVM.tgz.1of2: unexpected end of file
tar: Read 3635 bytes from -
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
2.
honza@honzambp$~/Downloads: tar -xvf OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_ELMDB_9_1_2_PVM.tgz.1of2
x oracle11g_x86_64_asm.img
gzip: OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_ELMDB_9_1_2_PVM.tgz.1of2: unexpected end of file
: Truncated tar archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.I've checked md5 checksums on the original .zip files and they match what Oracle provides in their digest. So, what am I doing wrong here? Am I supposed to join the parts together first?
Thanks,
Honza
Edited by: Honza on Feb 3, 2012 4:27 AM

Answer 1

Thank you forums, seems many times I start a post after struggling for a bit I find the answer myself :-)
Anyway, I found a solution in my own notes and it's quite simple. While extracting the tar, it fails as unexpected end of file, so there is some data missing. In this case, it's the next part. The soltion is to concatenate the two files before attempting a tar extract. Example follows.
[root@vochomurka seed_pool]# cat OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_TOOLS_8_50_09_ELM_9_1_2_PVM.tgz.1of2 OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_TOOLS_8_50_09_ELM_9_1_2_PVM.tgz.2of2 >> OVM_TOOLS.tgz
[root@vochomurka seed_pool]# tar -xvf OVM_TOOLS.tgzMaybe someone like me might stumble across this post in the future.