Re: dbimport Limit in tapesize
Posted in 1996
Chao Y. Din — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
John Isaac wrote:
>
> Hi users,
>
> Is there any size limit in dbimport utility. we are using ONline DSA
> 7.12 UC1.I am having problem in restoring database through dbimport utility.
> The export taken with size defined above 2GB tapes are not able to restore.
> I am getting tape size error. Can any one confirm is there any limit in
> dbimport utility? If so why dbexport is allowing me to define more than 2GB
> as tape size while backing up?
>
Can you provide more detailed description of your problem?
We once exported a 30GB database to 8GB tapes and then imported it
back. No problem. In fact, we did it many times with our databases.
But the largest database we have exported is 30GB.
Chao