Backup Issue - BR0278E Oracle

[Former Member]

Hello All,

I am trying to take backup on my development system using tape device, I am able to take backup for redo logs without any errors. But when I try to take a full online backup - I am getting into issues

The error logs is

BR0110I Backup mode: ALL

BR0077I Database file for backup: /oracle/DEV/sapbackup/cntrlDEV.dbf

BR0061I 34 files found for backup, total size 76264.336 MB

BR0143I Backup type: online

BR0113I Files will be compressed by hardware

BR0130I Backup device type: tape

BR0102I Following backup device will be used: /dev/nst0

BR0103I Following backup volume will be used: DEVB02

BR0134I Unattended mode with 'force' active - no operator confirmation allowed

BR0208I Volume with name DEVB02 required in device /dev/nst0

BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-11-11 13.14.18

BR0226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/st0 ...

BR0351I Restoring /oracle/DEV/sapbackup/.tape.hdr0

BR0355I from /dev/nst0 ...

BR0241I Checking label on volume in device /dev/nst0

BR0242I Scratch volume in device /dev/nst0 will be renamed to DEVB02

BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-11-11 13.14.19

BR0226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/st0 ...

BR0202I Saving /oracle/DEV/sapbackup/.tape.hdr0

BR0203I to /dev/nst0 ...

BR0209I Volume in device /dev/nst0 has name DEVB02

BR0202I Saving init_ora

BR0203I to /dev/nst0 ...

BR0202I Saving /oracle/DEV/102_32/dbs/initDEV.sap

BR0203I to /dev/nst0 ...

BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-11-11 13.14.34

BR0198I Profiles saved successfully

BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-11-11 13.14.34

BR0315I 'Alter tablespace PSAPDEV begin backup' successful

BR0202I Saving /oracle/DEV/sapdata4/dev_1/dev.data1

BR0278E Command output of 'LANG=C dd obs=64k bs=64k if=/oracle/DEV/sapdata4/dev_1/dev.data1 of=/dev/nst0':

2000+1 records in

2000+1 records out

2097160192 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 171.118 seconds, 12.3 MB/s

BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-11-11 13.17.25

BR0279E Return code from 'LANG=C dd obs=64k bs=64k if=/oracle/DEV/sapdata4/dev_1/dev.data1 of=/dev/nst0': 0

BR0222E Copying /oracle/DEV/sapdata4/dev_1/dev.data1 to/from /dev/nst0 failed due to previous errors

Could you please give your suggestions to get rid off this issue.

Environment details

RHEL 5(Linux 5)

Oracle 10g

Thanks and Regards

Vijay

[Former Member]

Hi,

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BR0278E Command output of '%s': %s

Explanation: The error messages of this command are displayed. In most cases they are messages from the cpio or mt commands. The following are examples:

Sample messages:

Message/Explanation

[cpio:]cannot read...

[cpio:]read error...

[cpio:]can't read input...

[cpio:]I/O Error...

[cpio:]read failed:I/O Error.

The file to be backed up cannot be read. In most cases, this is due to hardware problems on the disk on which the file is stored.

[cpio:]cannot write...

[cpio:]write error...

[cpio:]can't write output...

[cpio:]I/O Error...

[cpio:]write failed:I/O Error.

The file to be backed up cannot be written to the volume. In most cases, this is due to hardware problems with the volume or the backup device.

No such device or address

[sh:]/dev/...:cannot create

The backup device is not responding, for example if no volume (tape) was inserted in the backup device.

[cpio:]cannot open...

The input or output file cannot be opened. The operating system user is experiencing authorization problems.

[cpio:]can't open /dev/tty to prompt for more media

The physical end of the tape was reached. However, since a parallel backup is performed or the option -c force was used, cpio cannot request a cpio continuation volume. The tape size (parameter tape_size) must be reduced.

Program reaction: Processing continues (BR0278W) or terminates (BR0278E).

User action: Analyze the error messages. Correct the error in accordance with the message displayed by the subroutine command.

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Would suggest you to update BRTools to the latest patch level and try backup again.

[Former Member]

check if this note helps you [https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/948294]