Cannot restore a TAR backup

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I backed up a unix database using
"tar -cvf /dev/rmt1 -N 800 /*"
Normally I would restore this using
"tar -xvf /dev/rmt1 -N 800"

This is reporting an error about
"not enough memory"

I have done a new test backup and restore using the same commands and they work.

ANY IDEAS ?

2

My only idea is that 'out of memory' means that your tar file is so big that when you try to untar the file, it runs out of memory :slight_smile: How big is the tarfile and how much memory do you have? What is the OS and version?

3

Hi,

I found the problem:

I was using
tar xvf /dev/rmt1 -N800

and I should have used
tar -xvf /dev/rmt1 -N800

That dash IS important !

Thanks