Ron, I asked the same question a while ago on this list (actually, a lot of people have asked this question).
> > My backups write to file, and regardless of what i put in tapeconfig, > > butc can't write more then 2GB. I am running 2.4.20-8, ext3, afs 1.2.9 > > for redhat 9, so I should be able to surpass this filesize limit. Is > > this limit hardcoded in butc? Derrick Brashear responded: > You need the right flags at compile-time. I think we have a patch for > this but if so it would be "didn't make it into 1.2.9" I never figured out the compile-time options, nor is the patch avialable as far as I can tell. I've learned that it's best to not harp developers on for patches, so I'm waiting for 1.2.10... Remember that using vos dump doesn't dump ACLs... -Robin -------------------------- Robin H. Yamaguchi Physics Computing Services UC Santa Barbara -------------------------- On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Ron Croonenberg wrote: > Hi Dan, > > thanks for the response. > > Well if the file size limit is in AFS (or in Linux) then it seems I have a > problem with "vos dump" too ? right ? > > if it is an AFS problem, then I suppose there's a file size limit set somewhere > that causes the problem ? > > > Ron > > >you are no ddoubt running into a file size limit. you may be hosed. > >i never use butc so i don't know. > > > >i guess you could just do vos dumps instead. > > > >On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 03:48:39PM +0000, Ron Croonenberg wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am backing up afs volumes to a file (using butc etc.) > >> > >> for some reason butc wan'ts to have the tape repalced by tape #2 even though > I > >> am dumping the data in a file. > >> > >> for some reason the file doesn't get any bigger then 2Gb. Is that a setting > >> somewhere ? I would like to have a file as big as is needed for the dump of > >> course. > >> > >> > >> tia, > >> > >> > >> Ron > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Ron Croonenberg > >> Technology Coordinator > >> > >> Department of ComputerScience > >> DePauw University > >> Julian Science & Math Center > >> 602 South College Ave. > >> Greencastle, IN 46135 > >> > >> Phone: 1 765 658 4761 > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenAFS-info mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > > > > > >danno > >-- > >dan pritts [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >systems administrator 734/352-4953 office > >internet2 734/834-7224 mobile > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ron Croonenberg > Technology Coordinator > > Department of ComputerScience > DePauw University > Julian Science & Math Center > 602 South College Ave. > Greencastle, IN 46135 > > Phone: 1 765 658 4761 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
