• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20

Problem Symptoms:
The/exlibris/backup backup job runs ?€œsuccessfully but with exceptions?€?. Below are error messages which appear in the log:

Click an exception below to locate it in the job log
Backup- \\libcat\[ROOT]

Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/a20_1/uni01/files/que_batch_lock - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/a20_1/uni30/files/que_batch_lock - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/a20_1/xxxnn/files/que_batch_lock - skipped.
[where "xxxnn" is each other library found in "echo $aleph_libs" in the a20_1 instance]
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/a20_2/uni01/files/que_batch_lock - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/a20_2/uni30/files/que_batch_lock - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/a20_2/xxxnn/files/que_batch_lock - skipped.
[where "xxxnn" is each other library found in "echo $aleph_libs" in the a20_2 instance]
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/u20_1/alephe/tab/server_info_childs - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/u20_1/alephe/tab/server_info - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/u20_2/alephe/tab/server_info_childs - skipped.
Unable to open the item \\libcat\[ROOT]/exlibris1/aleph/u20_2/alephe/tab/server_info - skipped.
<end log>

Cause:
Files don't need to be backed up.

Resolution:
These messages can be ignored.

The que_batch_lock file is a 9-byte file containing a single line with the text "lockfile". When the batch queue is started, if no ./files/que_batch_lock file exists, the queue startup process creates one.

Similarly, the $alephe_tab/server_info and ./server_info_childs files are temporary files. If a server restarts and these files are not present, the restart process creates them.

Category: System Management (500)

Subject: Backup (500)

• Article last edited: 12/9/2013