Re[2]: [OpenAFS] afs backup to file (max filesize ??)

[Robin Yamaguchi]

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

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Robin H. Yamaguchi
Physics Computing Services
UC Santa Barbara
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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
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