Guardian Disk and Tape Utilities Reference

• Faulty tape drives
• A BACKUP being stopped in the middle, resulting in an incomplete tape
• A software problem in BACKUP or RESTORE
Effect. BACKUP or RESTORE terminates.
Recovery. Investigate whether a corrupt tape or the tape drive is causing the problem. If you suspect
that the error is due to a software problem, contact your service provider and provide all relevant
information:
• The information in this message
• Description of the problem and accompanying symptoms
• Supporting documentation such as Event Management Service (EMS) logs, trace files, and a
processor dump, if applicable
If your local operation procedures require contacting the GCSC, supply your system number and
the numbers and versions of all related products as well.
8030
Tape record header length is bad (Record length in
header:header-rec-len, actual record length:actual-rec-len).
Cause. This error could be caused by:
• Corruption of the tape media
• Dirty tape drive heads
• Faulty tape drives
• A BACKUP being stopped in the middle, resulting in an incomplete tape
• A software problem in BACKUP or RESTORE
Effect. BACKUP or RESTORE terminates.
Recovery. Investigate whether a corrupt tape or the tape drive is causing the problem. If you suspect
that the error is due to a software problem, contact your service provider and provide all relevant
information:
• The information in this message
• Description of the problem and accompanying symptoms
• Supporting documentation such as Event Management Service (EMS) logs, trace files, and a
processor dump, if applicable
If your local operation procedures require contacting the GCSC, supply your system number and
the numbers and versions of all related products as well.
8031
Tape record length is bad (Record length: rec-len, expected
length: expected-rec-len, record type:rec-type).
Cause. This error could be caused by:
• Corruption of the tape media
• Dirty tape drive heads
• Faulty tape drives
• A BACKUP being stopped in the middle, resulting in an incomplete tape
• A software problem in BACKUP or RESTORE
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