Unable to create files in /tmp or /var/tm You guys where so right! Thank you, confirmed via testing that this is certainly client side and in all cases because my disklist file on the server was incorrect. Either pointing to links that did resolve to partitions or pointing to directories that where not mount points.
I was able to correct problems on 3 of my servers. There is a 4th server with the same error, which I suspect is due to the fact that we are backing up the device /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 rather than the mount point. This was done because the FW admin wanted to backup the ABE, alternate boot env as well as the active partitions and didn't want to have to update the disklist file when alternating between boot environments. We should be moving to a new FW platform "soon" and in the mean time I will recommend to him that we sync the current boot env to the alternate and stop backing it up. More than a few days should have elapsed and we are apparently not returning the the alternate boot and if we do we will want the current config, not an old one. Then we can backup the valid mount points again. The other outstanding issue, also on the same system, is one of the spindles is too active (and slow?) and we fail backups. We need to move to another model (backup offline mirror or snapshots) and/or use faster CPU/HW, which will happen "soon". The FW by the way is a Ultra 30 running Solaris 8. Thank you very much, are backups are not only running more cleanly (error-wise) and efficiently (not backing up the same partition a second time) and effectively, since we are backing up other partitions that we where missing before. --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
