There is no limit that I know of, and our AIX file systems definitely have
more than 18,500 files.

When I have had this happen, it was due to a real problem in the file
system.
If you can find out exactly where it is stopping, you may be able to find
the problem in the file system.

That isn't a very easy process.  One way to do it is to open the GUI, and
back up one directory at a time until you find where the problem is.

That will be a fairly slow and painful process, I realize, with 90000 files.

You might try subdividing the file system by using VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT to
accomplish the same thing.

(We are AIX server 2.1.5.13, client 2.1.5.6 on RS6000 J30 at AIX 4.2.)

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Wanda Prather
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
443-778-8769
wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

"Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
              - Scott Adams/Dilbert
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> ----------
> From:         Cohn, Grant[SMTP:Grant.Cohn AT sapref DOT com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, May 06, 1998 4:57 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Subject:      MAXIMUM datafiles ???
>
> Greetings
>
> Is there a maximum number of files that can be backed up by ADSM in one
> file-system?
>
> We have a file-system with approx. 90 000 data files in it, and while
> doing an incremental backup of this file system, ADSM always get to the
> line : ANS4102I ***** Processed    18,500 files ***** and then stops.
>
> After the tcp-timeout period (I have set this to two hours!) we get the
> message :
>
>                ANS4017E Session rejected: TCP/IP connection failure.
>
> The same thing happens every night during our scheduled backup AND also
> happens if I do an INCR backup from the dsmc> prompt.
>
> The scheduler then says it will try again in 20 minutes, after which
> time the window period has elapsed.
> This results in this particular file-system failing and all subsequent
> file-systems not to be backed up.
>
> We are running ADSM Server 2.1.5.15
>                                   Client 2.1.10.7
> On AIX RS/6000 J30. AIX 4.1.5
> The Tape drive is an IBM 3570.
>
> This problem is happening on the server that has the 3570 attached to
> it! (Is ADSM still talking via TCP/IP in this case?)
>
> Any suggestions / ideas to try would be most welcome!!
>
> Many thanks
>
> Grant Cohn
> Shell & BP Petroleum Refineries.
> Durban, South Africa.
> e-mail : grant.cohn AT sapref DOT com
>