ITEM: V8304L

Sysback error: 0301-150 bosboot: Invalid or no boot device specified!

Env:    
        AIX 3.2.5 (tape server) 
        AIX 4.1   (client)
        Sysback 3.2.1.14

Desc:   
        The customer is trying to do a remote backup from an
        AIX 4.1 machine to a tape drive that is on a 3.2.5
        machine.  Both machines have the same version of Sysback
        (3.2.1.14).  The backup fails and the customer receives
        the message:

Rewinding device /dev/rmt0 ..
Generating Table of Contents. Please wait ..
Changing tape block size to 512 ..
Placing boot image on tape ..
0301-150 bosboot: Invalid or no boot device specified!
usage:  bosboot -a [-d device] [-p proto] [-k kernel] [-l lvdev]
                [-b file] [-M serv|norm|both] [-D|-I] [-LOUq]
        bosboot -w file [-d device] [-q]
        bosboot -r file [-d device] [-l lvdev] [-M serv|norm|both] [-q]
        Where:
        -a              Create boot image and write to device or file.
        -w file         Copy given boot image file to device.
        -r file         Create ROS emulation network boot image.
        -d device       Device for which to create the boot image.
        -U              Create uncompressed boot image.
        -p proto        Use given proto file for RAM disk file system.
        -k kernel       Use given kernel file for boot image.
        -l lvdev        Target boot logical volume for boot image.
        -b file         Use given file name for boot image name.
        -D              Load Low Level Debugger.
        -I              Load and Invoke Low Level Debugger.
        -M norm|serv|both       Boot mode - normal or service.
        -O offset       boot image offset for CDROM file system.
        -q              Query disk space required to create boot image.

Action: 
        This error is happening because when Sysback 3.2 is backing
        up an AIX 4.1 machine over a network it will build the boot
        image and write it to a pseudo tape drive (rmt99) on the local
        machine (4.1).  This image is then copied to the remote 
        tape drive over the network using dd.

        You will get a error if you do not have tape drive
        support installed on your local 4.1 system.
        The work around for this is to install
        the fileset devices.scsi.tape.

Next:  
   Closing item.




Support Line: Sysback error: 0301-150 bosboot: Invalid or no boot device specified!  ITEM: V8304L

Dated: June 1995 Category: N/A

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