I had this error when trying to put dump files larger than 2 Gig on a
non-BigFile supporting OS (RedHat 7.0).  I had chunk size set correctly but
forgot about what would happen when I used the file: device to write the
coalesced dump files to disk tapes.

Got a modern kernel and the problem went away.


Dana Bourgeois


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org 
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Byarlay, Wayne A.
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:54 AM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: data write: File too large
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I checked the archives on this problem... but they all 
> suggested to adjust the chunksize of my holdingdisk section 
> in my amanda.conf. However, I have ver. 2.4.1, and there's no 
> "holdingdisk" section IN my amanda.conf! Is the chunksize the 
> problem? I've got filesystems MUCH larger than this one going 
> to AMANDA... but if so, How do I adjust my chunksize?
> 
> Here's from my error log:
> /-- xxx    /services lev 0 FAILED ["data write: File too large"]
> sendbackup: start [xxx:/services level 0]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/gzip -dc |/bin/tar -f... -
> sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
> sendbackup: info end
> \--------
> 
> The example.conf for the latest version has some section 
> like: holdingdisk hd1 {
>       comment "blah"
>       directory "/dumps/amanda"
>       use 256 Mb
>       chunksize 1Gb
>       }
> 
> BUT My amanda.conf has NO section similar to this. I just have:
> 
> diskdir "/dumps/disk1"
> disksize 4000 mb
> 
> So I guess my questions for the gurus are: Is the chunksize 
> the problem? If so, how do I change it with this version? If 
> not, is it just some really huge file? (I am going to check 
> on this after sending this e-mail).
> 
> 
> Wayne Byarlay        
> Purdue Libraries ITD 
> wab AT purdue DOT edu       
> 765-496-3067         
> 
>