Thanks Matt:

They are actually concerned with files, such as DB dumps, exceeding the 2GB 
size.  From what I understand NetBackup Linux Client has a 2GB file size 
limitation.  I'm still getting all of the information from them...so I hope I'm 
getting enough of the story to fully understand their goals.

Regards,
David

Quoting "Adcock, Matt" <Matt.Adcock AT gsccca DOT org>:

> First, let me qualify this answer by saying that I am not a *nix admin, and
> I haven't run *nix in many years.
> 
> To my knowledge, this is a limit of some (many?) versions of *nix on 32-bit
> platforms.  A signed 32-bit value is used for off_t on some of these OSes,
> hence you can only express an offset of about 2GB.  The response to this
> problem is large file support (LFS).
> 
> If you're wondering about backup files being larger than 2GB, change your
> maximum fragment size in the storage unit definition.  This setting was
> added primarily for backups to disk storage units on Unix filesystems.  I
> realize you're a frequent contributor to this list and probably already
> know
> that part.  Just throwing it in in case some others don't know.  :-)
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Matt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David A. Chapa [mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:17 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Linux Clients
> 
> 
> One of my clients is getting ready to install a linux client solution and
> have 
> just been informed that there is a 2GB file size limit with the NBU Linux 
> Client Software.
> 
> Have any of you run into this, and if so, have you figured out a
> work-around?
> 
> Is it based on a particular filesystem that you use with Linux?
> 
> They will be using XFS and EXT3.
> 
> Thanks
> David
> 
> 
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