gfl@tuhold.UUCP (Gerhard Fleischanderl) (12/23/88)
Reply-to: gfl@tuhold.UUCP (Gerhard Fleischanderl) I have serious problems with rdump(8): We are running a VAX-11/750 under Ultrix 1.0 and a MicroVAX-II under Ultrix 2.0, both connected via Ethernet. (Nice mixture of releases, isn't it?) Trying an rdump from the MicroVax to the tape (rmt8) at the VAX-11/750 results in the error message Lost connection to remote host. It's interesting to see that the command rdump actually does work from the VAX-11/750 to the MicroVAX"!!! Trying an rrestore yields the same results. The files /etc/rdump, /etc/rrestore, and /etc/rmt exist on both machines. Who can tell me what has gone wrong? If it's just the different releases of Ultrix: We are going to bring updates to both machines. If anyone has the solution for my rdump-problem, please let me know. Thanks. Gerhard Fleischanderl Databases and Expert Systems Subdivision, Technical University Vienna Paniglgasse 16, A-1040 Vienna, Austria e-mail (UUCP): ...!mcvax!tuvie!tuhold!gfl
avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) (12/31/88)
Reply-to: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) Regarding rdumps between two different version of ULTRIX. I am very sure that the versions you mention are not compatible. That is to say, 2.0 can recognize an old format but 1.0 cannot recognize a new one. Fred
bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (12/31/88)
Reply-to: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) [original article references "lost connection" in rdump/rrestore between two Ultrix machines using different versions of Ultrix] I experienced the same problem using rdump/rrestore with a 2.2 VAXstation using the tape drive on a 1.2 VAX 8200. Using the o option fixes the problem. This is in the man pages. (Maybe Ultrix 2.0 rdump/rrestore don't have an o option?). I probably wouldn't have known to try this except that after losing the connection, both rdump and rrestore suggested to use o!! Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu rhesus!dubois bin@primate.wisc.edu rhesus!bin
collins@sleepy.unm.edu (William Collins) (12/31/88)
Reply-to: collins@sleepy.unm.edu (William Collins) In article <75675@felix.UUCP> gfl@tuhold.UUCP (Gerhard Fleischanderl) writes: >Reply-to: gfl@tuhold.UUCP (Gerhard Fleischanderl) > > >I have serious problems with rdump(8): not quite... >We are running a VAX-11/750 under Ultrix 1.0 and a MicroVAX-II ^^^^^^^^^^ >under Ultrix 2.0, both connected via Ethernet. ^^^^^^^^^^ >(Nice mixture of releases, isn't it?) yeah, *real* nice. >Who can tell me what has gone wrong? rmt(8) is not real friendly when it gets a command that it doesn't understand. 2.0 has some special commands for rmt(8). read rmt(8) and you will find: Any other command causes rmt to exit. >If it's just the different releases of Ultrix: We are >going to bring updates to both machines. Good, that should "fix" it. Bill collins@unmvax.unm.edu Bill Collins collins@unmvax.unm.edu ucbvax!unmvax!collins
mangler@csvax.caltech.edu (Don Speck) (01/31/89)
Reply-to: mangler@csvax.caltech.edu (Don Speck)
Recent versions of Ultrix rdump use some nonstandard (and nonportable)
extensions which old /etc/rmt's (or those on machines with a different
byte order or word size) cannot understand. /etc/rmt exits on errors.
To be fair, the original /etc/rmt had a nonportable command ('S'), but
at least nothing used it. It ought to be removed.