System information

Red Book for AIX Rel. 7.0 and 8.0

A variance of greater than or less than the percentage entered in the System Backup Variance %

control maintenance record generates a message similar to the following example:

The backup started at 03:52pm on 05/25/1999 completed after 0.02 hours.

24520 blocks were backed up with a variance of 16246.67%, which is greater than the

allowed variance.

Although exaggerated, this example demonstrates the way the variance control maintenance

record displays the variance error if greater than the designated percentage. The variance control

record was added as a way to alert administrators to potential drastic changes in the Eclipse file

system.

For example, a user runs a report writer report that generates a Hold file of 500 megabytes. This

may be a file you do not want to keep on your system, as it is using a significant amount of disk

space.

Unsuccessful Backup Message

If the backup program encounters an error during processing, the following message is directed

to the user or message group designated in the System Backup Administrator control

maintenance record:

The backup did not complete properly. An error report has been placed in your Hold file.

Note: The system places the error report in the Hold file of each designated user.

In addition, the system backup check program run the next morning generates the following

message:

No backup has been recorded since 05/23/02.