Re: ONTAPE backup on disk: limit of 2Gb

Rupan3rd wrote: > > Hi there, I use Informix Dynamic Server 9.3 on Sun Solaris 8. > > I made a simple script for backing up DB contents to disk, > changing onconfig's TAPEDEV accordingly. Worked fine until > database grown up to more than 2Gb in size. > > Now I receive this error: > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Please mount tape 1 on /export/home/dump/informix.dump and press Return > to continue ... 10 percent done. > 20 percent done. > 30 percent done. > Archive failed - function write to tape failed code -1 errno 27 > Program over. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > For sure OS is able to handle files which are bigger than 2Gb, > and for sure ONTAPE is able dump those files on tape. > > Problem seem to arise when you dump the DB on a file system on disk. > > Any clue/hint? > > Any help will be appreciated. > > TIA > Ciao > Alessandro Check, if your filesystem you writing to is mounted with the largefiles option (*should* be default on SOL8, though). Check ulimit of the respective user. Check your # of tapeblocks per tape parameter in $ONCONFIG. If all else fails, you can write to a named pipe and use dd on the other side or you can write onto raw space, using the character dev drivers. A file size limit was last seen on SOL 2.4 (around 1995) when using character dev drivers. If never had similar problems with many combinations of IFX V7.12-V940 on SOL7,8, and 9 dic_k