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Thanks for the sarcasm, it did not help. Let me rephrase my question. How does one export a 32gig database on to a DLT drive that has a capacity of 20 gigs. All my previous efforts ended up in asking for a tape when 2 gigs of data was written to the tape. I tried adding a zero to the command as some of you asked me to do, when I did that it complained that "Block size must be less than or equal to tape size". I want to know is there an OS limitation (HP-UX 10.20) or an Informix limitation that it will not write over 2 gig of data. TIA --- Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> wrote: > > > --- "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > >From: Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> > >> > >>--- David Kulkarni <dnk61@yahoo.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >I have been trying to export our database to a DLT tape drive, the data > >>base is 32 GIGs but after > >> >about an hour its asking me for next tape. The tape has a capacity of > >>19.5 gigs....can anybody > >> >tell me where I am going wrong. > >> > >>You're not putting in the next tape? > >> > >>There's a couple of problems I see here..... > >> > >>Your database is 32(BIG)GIGs > >>Your tape is only 19.5(little)gigs > >> > >>Trying to put all thos BIG GIGS into little gig holes will probably stretch > >>your tape all out of shape. Plus, there's more BIG GIGs in your database > >>than there are little gig spaces on the tape. Now, if you had it the > >>reverse, using little gigs on your database and BIG GIGs on your tape, you > >>might be able to cram two or three little gigs into each BIG GIG space on > >>the tape. But I don't have an answer for your particular situation. > > > >They say that for sarcasm to be at its most effective, it should lightly > >etch a phrase, not drip from every syllable. But I think you've just proven > >them wrong. > > Was I dripping? Sorry about the mess everyone..... > > > == > Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe > tomorrow I will be. > > _____________________________________________________________ > Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net ===== David Kulkarni New York, NY 10021 email: dkulkarni@cgsh.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/