RE: increase file limit 2gb for IDS 7.31 ontape -s -L 0 with

Right. And just to avoid confusion: This 2 GB file size limit is for files only, i.e. when ontape is writing to a file in the file system. It does not apply when ontape is backing up to a real tape device. Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 08.12.2005 02:42:48: > On this version there is a 2Gb limit. You need to be on 9.40 or 10.00 for > the 4Tb limit. > > MW > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On > Behalf Of Cesar Cruz > Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2005 2:17 p.m. > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: increase file limit 2gb for IDS 7.31 ontape -s -L 0 with linux > redhat 3 enterprise edition update 4 > > Hi, > > We have Linux RedHat 3 Update 4 whith IDS 7.31 when ontape -s -L 0 is send > it. > > The file in /backups2/backup allways end with 2GB file size but all the > instance have 40 GB. > > This is the ulimit -a > > core file size (blocks, -c) 0 > data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited > file size (blocks, -f) unlimited > max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 4 > max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited > open files (-n) 1024 > pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 > stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240 > cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited > max user processes (-u) 7168 > virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited > > > This is the fstab > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 > 0 > > the file /etc/security/limits.conf > > has nothing configurated. > > Some one can help me? > > Regards, sending to informix-list