Attempting to use dump database when your database devices are on raw partitions (DEC HSC [mscp] devices) raises the following error:
Backup Server: 4.80.2.1: Server, device /dev/44a0e: You must use the no-rewind-on-close tape device.
This is not a raw device problem in general, but a DEC HSC (mscp) device issue. Digital UNIX has a known problem on its HSC device driver that causes Backup Server to fail to identify the HSC device type. Digitals's CLD #00266 states that such devices return 0 when queried with “MTIOCGET ioctl.”
WARNING! Sybase currently supports only SCSI devices on Digital UNIX.
