B Dcom/Dsap Messages - HP BACKCOPY Reference Manual

B DCOM/DSAP Messages

These error messages can appear on your terminal in response to a Disk Space Analysis Program
(DSAP) or Disk Compression Program (DCOM) command.
COMMAND ERROR: command
Cause. A syntax error was encountered in a DSAP or DCOM command.
Effect. DSAP or DCOM stops.
Recovery. Rerun the command with the corrected syntax.
COMPRESSION IS BEING TERMINATED
Cause. DCOM encountered an invalid sector on the disk during the DCOM operation.
Effect. DCOM issues the appropriate error messages and then terminates.
Recovery. Use the SCF INFO DISK, BAD command on the affected disk to obtain the bad sector
address, and then perform a CONTROL DISK, SPARE command before restarting DCOM.
ERROR: To display disks > 18GB, use the NEWFORMAT option
Cause. NEWFORMAT option not specified.
Effect. DSAP returns error.
Recovery. Rerun the command with correct syntax.
filename CREATE ERROR: nnn
Cause. DCOM tried to perform a CREATE on the file name but encountered an error.
Effect. DCOM continues its compression activities. It ignores this file, working around it, until it
reaches the maximum number of extent moves specified.
Recovery. For corrective action for the error number indicated by nnn, see the Guardian Procedure
Errors and Messages Manual.
{ PRIMARY } DISK HAS nn UNSPARED SECTORS
{ MIRROR }
Cause. DSAP or DCOM encountered at least one bad sector on the specified disk.
Effect. When DSAP encounters an invalid sector, it issues this error message and continues
processing. When DCOM encounters an invalid sector, it stops after issuing the message and an
additional message, COMPRESSION IS BEING TERMINATED (unless the IGNOREBADSECTORS
option was specified).
Recovery. Not needed for DSAP. Before restarting DCOM, use the SCF INFO DISK, BAD command
on the affected disk to obtain the bad sector address, then perform a CONTROL DISK, SPARE
command before restarting DCOM.
DIRECTORY COPY ERROR: nnn
Cause. DSAP or DCOM was trying to perform a directory copy.
Effect. DSAP or DCOM stops.
264 DCOM/DSAP Messages