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Re: [Networker] Advice needed on upgrade and migration of NW 7.6.2 to NW 8

2013-02-27 09:52:23
Subject: Re: [Networker] Advice needed on upgrade and migration of NW 7.6.2 to NW 8
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:52:02 -0500
On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> 
wrote:

>> You will also find that as you carry the media database forward the 
>> fact it was created on a 32bit system will expose some limitations 
>> (backups greater than 2TB will suddenly be reported wrongly) on the 
>> 64bit version.
> 
> That is for the older savesets greater than 2TB, correct? Any new savesets 
> over 2TB will be displayed correctly?
> 
> Then again, I don't have that many individual savesets that are > 2TB, so 
> that shouldn't be too major of an issue.

I wish, but no, it is the new ones because the media db structure was created 
on a 32 bit system (something about the field sizes in the media db according 
to EMC who can't quite tell me what the problem really is or how to fix it).

- Frank