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Does it emulate bad tracks, misloads, and tape overruns also?

(As long as you're emulating you may has well have the full experience!
Perhaps using a randomizer, one out of 10 for emulating reel-to-reel, 1
out of 100 for emulating other types of tapes.)

On 11/5/19 8:12 AM, John Sommer wrote:
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> Hi Stan, et al,
>
> Yes, this was an online backup to an emulated LDEV 7.
> The HP3000 thinks it is writing to a tape drive, when in reality it is a Charon/Linux disc drive.
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> This has been running without a hitch for a few years now.
> Then suddenly, it fails.
>
> We are rebooting the HP3000 now to see if that makes a difference.
> Will report results after restart.
>
> Thanks for all of the ideas and suggestions so far.
>
> Regards,
> John
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
> To: HP3000-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 4, 2019 6:27 pm
> Subject: [HP3000-L] [EXT]: Re: [HP3000-L] [EXT]: Re: [HP3000-L] [EXT]: Restore Error
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> I'd expect a "file not found" only if the tape was created with some form of ONLINE backup.
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> Without ONLINE, the directory at the start is enough to tell RESTORE whether or not the file is on the tape.
> With ONLINE = END, RESTORE wouldn't know until it hits the end of the storeset if the file was included or not.
>
> Stan
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> On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 3:42 PM Keven Miller(3k) <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote:
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> I'm with Craig on this - need to see STORE command.
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> If you don't have a STORE list or command:
> You can do VSTORE to create a list of files on the tape
>     :FILE T;DEV=7
>     :VSTORE *T;@[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>@;SHOW >km
>     :PRINT km
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> You can also get a listing of the tape with RESTORE and the LISTDIR option.
> This also will show the STORE command and date of the store.
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>     :RESTORE *t;;LISTDIR  >km
>     :PRINT km
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>
> I usually see the NOT FOUND error when I have the name wrong.
> Fox 9:restore *t;keven.pub.sys;show
>           >> TURBO-STORE/RESTORE  VERSION  C.60.24  B5152AA  <<
>                     (C) 1986 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
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> RESTORE  *t;keven.pub.sys;SHOW
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> MON, NOV  4, 2019,  3:30 PM
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> KEVEN.PUB.SYS NOT RESTORED: FILE NOT FOUND ON MEDIA
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> FILES RESTORED :                              0
> FILES NOT ON MEDIA :                          1
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>
> I would guess that INTERLEAVE and multiple tapes may be at play here.
> Keven Miller
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Sommer" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>>
> To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>>
> Sent: Mon 04 Nov 2019 10:14 AM
> Subject: [HP3000-L] [EXT]: Restore Error
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> All,
>
> Has anyone seen the following error when restoring data?:
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> "FILE WAS NOT FOUND WHEN FINAL TRAILER WAS ENCOUNTERED".
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> The backup job did not report a problem.
> This is the first time I've encountered that error.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -John
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