An Internal Packing Error Occurred
INCORRECT. APPLIES TO AIX 5300-12 AIX Subscribe to this APAR By subscribing, you receive periodic emails alerting you to the status of the APAR, along with a link to the fix after it becomes available. You can track this item individually or track all items by product. Notify me when this APAR changes. Notify me when an APAR for this component changes. APAR status Closed as program error. Error description Since IZ77870, internal message for packing error due to incorrect size is incorrect. It has an extra space in the middle of "occur red" like : An internal packing error occur red: incorrect size While the cataloged message is correct : backup: 0511-084 An internal packing error occurred: incorrect size Local fix export LANG=en_US before running backup/mksysb/savevg Problem summary BACKBYNAME INTERNAL MESSAGE FOR PACKING ERROR IS INCORRECT. Problem conclusion Corrected the internal message by removing hte extra space. Temporary fix Comments 5300-12 - use AIX APAR IV02813 6100-04 - use AIX APAR IV07125 6100-05 - use AIX APAR IV07121 6100-06 - use AIX APAR IV07117 APAR Information APAR numberIV02813 Reported component nameAIX 610 STD EDI Reported component ID5765G6200 Reported release530 StatusCLOSED PER PENoPE HIPERNoHIPER Submitted date2011-07-01 Closed date2012-03-20 Last modified date2013-02-27 APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IV20919 Fix information Fixed component nameAIX 5.3 Fixed component ID5765G0300 Applicable component levels R530 PSYUP Document information More support for: AIX family Software version: 530 Operating system(s): AIX Reference #: IV02813 Modified date: 2013-02-27 Site availability Site assistance Contact and feedback Need support? Submit feedback to IBM Support 1-800-IBM-7378 (USA) Directory of worldwide contacts Contact Privacy Terms of use Accessibility
size Submitted by root on Fri, 12/12/2014 - 11:24 During mksysb process you have the chance to encounter many errors. One of them is "An internal packing error occurred: incorrect size" and I will try below to aid you to get pass it. The error: # mksysb -eiX /backups-tmp/gzlpar-rootvg.sysb Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg. Creating list of files to back up Backing up 89961 files......................An internal packing error occurred: incorrect size ./var/adm/wtmp will not be backed up. 0512-005 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV02813 mksysb: Backup Completed. The backup command completed with errors. The messages displayed on Standard Error contained additional information. In this case, add to /etc/exclude.rootvg any temporary directories which are anyway not needed in case of restore. For example, related to the error above, you may exclude already /var/adm/wtmp. You can add also /tmp or any other http://docs.gz.ro/node/262 temporary files/directories, to avoid other similar errors. # mksysb -eiX /backups-tmp/gzlpar-rootvg.sysb Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg. Creating list of files to back up Backing up 89951 files.............................. 28302 of 89951 files backed up (31%)........................... 89951 of 89951 files backed up (100%) 0512-038 mksysb: Backup Completed Successfully. In my example, excluding only /var/adm/wtmp avoided that error but if it doesn't work in your case, you can add option "-p" to disable software packing. The man file describes the "-p" flag as follows: -p Disables software packing of the files as they are backed up. Some tape drives use their own packing or compression algorithms. This flag only applies to AIX Version 4.2 or later. # mksysb -eiXp /backups-tmp/gzlpar-rootvg.sysb Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg. Creating list of files to back up Backing up 89961 files.............................. 68259 of 89961 files backed up (75%)....... 89961 of 89961 files backed up (100%) 0512-038 mksysb: Backup Completed Successfully. ‹ getconf: bootinfo replacement up tar: 0511-825 The file is too large
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