Troubleshooting
Problem
Ontape restore using remote tape device fails when remote shell (rsh) access is disabled on Unix server
Diagnosing The Problem
If remote shell (rsh) access is disabled on a (target) Unix server, an ontape restore may fail with a 'connection refused' error while attempting a physical or a logical restore.
- example:
ontape -p
Please mount tape 1 on host-a:/tmp/inf.bak and press Return to continue ...
Remote tape report:
rcmd: connect: host-a: Connection refused
Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code 1 errno 0
Program over.
ontape -r
Please mount tape 1 on host-a:/tmp/inf.bak and press Return to continue ...
Remote tape report:
rcmd: connect: host-a.: Connection refused
Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code 1 errno 0
Resolving The Problem
Use an appropriate command to set the environment variable DBREMOTECMD to point to the ssh (Secured Shell) executable. For example,
setenv DBREMOTECMD /usr/bin/ssh
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Document Information
More support for:
Informix Servers
Software version:
11.5, 11.7, 12.1
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris
Document number:
125615
Modified date:
03 June 2021
UID
swg21402322
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