Re: ONTAPE backup on disk: limit of 2Gb

It's a known limitation with all versions of IDS. The limitation is removed in IDS 9.40. "Rupan3rd" <rupan.nospam.3rd@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3ED35B1B.8050204@hotmail.com... > 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 >