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Re: [Networker] Backups to adv_file can't span volumes?

2006-04-10 17:06:19
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backups to adv_file can't span volumes?
From: Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:04:31 -0700
> I have 14 large AFTD's  975 GB to 1 TB each.  I had to limit which clients 
> could backup to each device.  I am hoping to get to Solaris 10 soon to go 
> larger.  I tried to set them at the 2 TB limit of Sol 8/9 but I kept 
> getting weird errors and the volumes would unmount.

Which limit?  I know Solaris has a 2TB limit on the size of an
individual lun accessed by the SCSI driver, but that doesn't apply to
the volumes themselves.

You could use VxVM or SVM to create larger volumes out of the individual
luns if you wanted to use bigger AFTDs.

-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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