Description

MySQL backup fails with the error "“inappropriate IOCTL for device”.

"/var/local/mysql_binlogs/mysql-bin.003295"Inappropriate IOCTL for device
backup:ERROR: copy-plugin exited with error 256

Solution:

The above error is just a warning. It can be resolved by adding the warning to tar warnings white-list. This will not affect any of the MySQL-ZRM functionality.

  • Login to MYSQL-ZRM client server command line.
  • Add the error text in the tar warning file using below command.

    echo "Inappropriate IOCTL for device" >> /usr/share/mysql-zrm/plugins/tar_warnings.txt

  • Rerun the backup.

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