Volume Initialization 

The following log shows the flow of the initialization of two tapes with labels C11B05 and C11B06. The initialization was performed on two tape devices in parallel, using the option -i force in unattended mode.

Call: brbackup -i force -v C11B05,C11B06 -c

BR051I BRBACKUP 4.0A

BR055I Start of database backup: bcvojsmi tib 1997-09-10 18.26.24

BR101I Parameters

oracle_sid C11

oracle_home /oracle/C11

oracle_profile /oracle/C11/dbs/initC11.ora

sap_profile /oracle/C11/dbs/initC11.sap

backup_dev_type tape

tape_copy_cmd cpio

cpio_flags -ovB

cpio_in_flags -iuvB

cpio_disk_flags -pdcu

dd_flags obs=16k bs=16k

dd_in_flags ibs=16k bs=16k

rewind mt -t $ rew

rewind_offline mt -t $ offl

tape_address /dev/rmt/0mn,/dev/rmt/1mn

tape_address_rew /dev/rmt/0m,/dev/rmt/1m

volume_backup C11B05,C11B06

expir_period 30

tape_use_count 100

exec_parallel 0

BR205I Backup volume initialization

BR058I BRBACKUP action ID: bcvojsmi

BR059I BRBACKUP function ID: tib

BR102I Following backup devices will be used: /dev/rmt/0mn,/dev/rmt/1mn

BR144I Following backup volume names will be used: C11B05,C11B06

BR129W Force option set – no label checking during initialization

BR126I Unattended mode active – no confirmation required

BR207I Volumes in devices: /dev/rmt/0mn,/dev/rmt/1mn
will be initialized with names: C11B05,C11B06

BR280I Time stamp 1997-09-10 18.26.24

BR226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt/0m...

BR202I Saving /oracle/C11/sapbackup/.tape.hdr0

BR203I to /dev/rmt/0mn...

BR209I Volume in device /dev/rmt/0mn has name C11B05

BR280I Time stamp 1997-09-10 18.26.41

BR226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt/0m...

BR280I Time stamp 1997-09-10 18.26.42

BR226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt/1m...

BR202I Saving /oracle/C11/sapbackup/.tape.hdr0

BR203I to /dev/rmt/1mn...

BR209I Volume in device /dev/rmt/1mn has name C11B06

BR280I Time stamp 1997-09-10 18.26.58

BR226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt/1m...

BR206I End of backup volume initialization.

BR053I BRBACKUP terminated successfully with warnings