Re: Backup to USB

[mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

 I suppose I can try an external SSD.

 -mark

On 3/1/2022 4:18 PM, Stephen Landess wrote:
> Mark -
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> Have you tried using different types of USB drives for the backup, i.e., an external SSD via USB rather than a memory stick ?
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> During the backup, perhaps during a period of inactivity from IBM i the USB memory stick is going dormant or disconnects and then when the system attempts to write to it again it gets hung while the USB drive is waking up.
> I was investigating the use of an external USB disk drive on my Tablo over-the-air DVR and they warned that using certain USB devices could cause failures while recording programs because of this issue.
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> Mark wrote:
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> >   Does anyone backup their i to USB?  What has your experience been?
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> >   For a while I was backing up to USB and it was working fine, maybe it took 2 - 3 hours.
> >   A couple of months ago the USB backup seemed to go to sleep for a  3-5 hours in the middle of the backup,
> >   then again further down.  It started before I had put on the latest cume and group PTF's.
> > The situation did not improve after I put the PTF's on.
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> >   As a comparative test, a functionally identical backup is being done to tape first
> > and it completes within a reasonable amount of time (about 2 hours.)
> > Now, after running 9+ hours I need to cancel it to let production run,
> > so I don't know if it's just hanging or it's doing something.  A guesstimate of the amount being saved is 150 GB.
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>    >  IBM is looking into it, but I was wondering what others have experienced.
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