At 02:36 PM 11/15/00 , you wrote:
> >Apologies for lack of info in the first post
>
>That's OK. We're used to it :-).
>
> >When I turn indexing on for partitions with large numbers of files ...
>
>Just this week (amazing how this stuff comes in clumps), Josh Huston
>was kind enough to post that ufsrestore has problems with file systems
>with large numbers of files, and he even knew the Solaris patch numbers
>(from his letter):
>
> SunOS 5.5.1/SPARC 104490-06
> SunOS 5.5.1/x86 104491-06
> SunOS 5.6/SPARC 105722-05
> SunOS 5.6/x86 105723-05
> SunOS 5.7/SPARC 106793-05
> SunOS 5.7/x86 106794-05
>
> Solaris 8 patches are available only for customers with support
> contract with Sun:
>
> SunOS 5.8/SPARC 109091-02
> SunOS 5.8/x86 109092-02
>
>Maybe one of these would help?
>
> >... The prob
> >lem appears to be independent of client operating system (happens under AIX an
> >d Solaris for Intel). Note I'm using an AIX 4 box as the server. Any ideas ?
>
>Just so I'm clear, are you saying this happens with AIX **clients** as
>well as Solaris **clients**? The server type probably has little effect.
>
>John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Solaris patch fixed the problem. Thankyou.