Troubleshooting
Problem
A Tivoli Storage Manager Client image backup operation using the logical volume name fails with error ANS1063E.
Symptom
The error received is :
ANS1063E The specified path is not a valid file system or logical volume name.
Cause
The logical volume has a filesystem configured
Environment
Tivoli Storage Manager client for UNIX and Linux
Resolving The Problem
A Tivoli Storage Manager client uses the following command to perform and image backup:
#dsmc Backup Image <filespec>
You can use either the filesystem name or logical volume name as the "<filespec>", however the following rules apply :
- If a filesystem is configured for the logical volume, only the filesystem mount point name can be used as "<filespec>" and the filesystem has to be mounted at the time of backup.
- If there is no filesystem configured for the logical volume, use the logical volume name as "<filespec>".
fslv01
lv01
1) If fslv01 is configured with a jfs2 filesystem named "/testfs" entry in /etc/filesystems, i.e,
/testfs:
dev = /dev/fslv01
vfs = jfs2
log = /dev/loglv00
mount = false
options = rw
account = false
use the following steps to perform an image backup of " fslv01" :
a: mount /testfs ( if /testfs is not mounted )
b: use the following command to do the backup:
#dsmc backup image /testfs
Note:
Specifying the logical name instead of the mounted file system name will produce an error in this case. For example :
#dsmc backup image /dev/fslv01
ANS1063E The specified path is not a valid file system or logical volume name.
2) If lv01 doesn't have a filesystem configured, in other words, there is no entry in /etc/filesystems for lv01, use the following command to perform an image backup of lv01:
#dsmc backup image /dev/lv01
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
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