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Title:VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:VAXAXP::BERNARDO
Created:Wed Jan 22 1997
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:703
Total number of notes:3722

293.0. "BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB VAX/VMS 7.1" by ALFSS2::GRINNELL_M () Thu Mar 06 1997 15:47

    A customer is getting BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB under 7.1 doing backup of
    the sysdump.dmp file which is in excess of 200,000 blocks. The customer
    was using the system account with the following params using the
    following command when he received the error:
    
    backup/rewin/igno=(label,nobackup)/verify sysdump.dmp tape:saveset
    
    wsquo 16384
    wsext 65000
    bytlm 65536
    pgflquo 65536
    enqlm 3000
    fillm 300
    biolm 128
    diolm 4096
    astlm 4096
    
    I had him try the backup operation to a disk saveset and he did not
    encounter the error. 
    
    backup/log/igno=nobackup sysdump.dmp saveset/sav
    
    He then copied the sysdump.dmp saveset file to tape,
    did a backup/list of the saveset and even restored the file to disk and he 
    was able to read the savest.
    
    I was unable to recreate the error using the same backup command to
    tape using a 95,000 pagefile.sys file.
    
    Looking for the cause and or meaning of the error
    %BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB, attempted wait on idle buffer
    
    Michael
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293.1Check Quotas, Patches, Then IPMT...XDELTA::HOFFMANSteve, OpenVMS EngineeringThu Mar 06 1997 16:595
   Reset the process quotas per the System Management Documentation on
   using BACKUP, check for and apply any available V7.1 patches to BACKUP,
   and -- if the failure can still be duplicated -- please raise an IPMT. 
   (I've done a quick check and see no previous reports of this error...)
293.2 BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB VAX/VMS 7.1 ALFSS2::GRINNELL_MFri Mar 07 1997 08:363
    Thanks for the input Steve.
    
    Michael
293.3BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB againALFSS2::GRINNELL_MFri Mar 28 1997 16:3120
    Steve,
                                
    The customer has received the error BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB once again
    with all the uaf params set as outlined in the 1st note. I have not
    been able to reproduce the error on my system. The error on his system
    is very intermittent. It happened 1 week ago but has not reoccured. Can
    you tell me what the error WAITIDLEBCB is looking for? Could it be a
    system param is out of synch? Any other suggestions would be
    appreciated.
    
    When a do a help/message WAITIDLEBCB it returns 
     Facility:     BACKUP, Backup Utility
     Explanation:  A software error occurred in the Backup utility.
     User Action:  Contact a Digital support representative.
    
    This seems to indicate that there is a problem with the backup.exe.
    However, I can't reproduce the error and I've still be unable to locate
    any backup patches for V7.1.
    
    Michael
293.4BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB VAX/VMS 7.1CSC32::B_KNIGHTENWed May 14 1997 11:3922
    Greetings,

    I too have a customer who is getting the message
    BACKUP-F-WAITIDLEBCB error on Alpha V7.1.

    His backup command is:
    BACKUP/LOG disk:[000000...]*.*;* tape:saveset
    Some of his backup quotas were extremly high, others
    were set per backup recommendations.

    However, in checking the tape drive, we found 
    several DEVICE errors reported in the Errorlog file during
    the time of the backup. The tape drive is DEC DLT 2000.

    He is planning to have FS correct the tape drive 
    problem to determine if this will resolve the problem.

    However, I would like to know what the error really means.
    Could someone reply with an explanation of the message.

    Barbara