Thanks for reporting this, I probably will never use this information, but 
it sounds very useful, esp. very interesting, the arguments to the chattr 
commands under HP-UX.

Definitely worth saving this e-mail :)

Justin.

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Nelson Caparroso wrote:

> Symantec was no help but I actually found a workaround that they have
> validated. Symantec will actually issue a Technote on my discovery of the
> workaround. But take note, this only applies to 32Bit Netbackup running on
> HP-UX 11.11 upwards.
>
> The fix was to utilize the "chatr" utility to allow a 32bit application to
> grow/access memory beyond the 1.9GB it is allowed in its default "memory
> quadrant -- which is the 1st quadrant". This meant allowing it to execute in
> the 3rd quadrant as follows (of course NBU needs to be down):
>
> chatr +q3p enable /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprd
>
> After the change, start NBU and try your gazillion files filesystem
> restore.... My problematic filesystem is about 1TB and around 7 million
> files with the average file path around 900 characters long...
>
> For other OSes, check for a similar utility....
>
>
>
>
> On 9/25/06, ida3248b at post.cybercity.dk <ida3248b at post.cybercity.dk> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Nelson
>> 
>> I have had a similar problem on Tru64 with NBU3.2. The solution in our
>> case
>> was to restore one file in last directory. We also increased the swap
>> space
>> on the server as far as I remember.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Michael
>> 
>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:40:42 -0400, Nelson Caparroso wrote
>> > HP-UX 11.11
>> > Netbackup 6.0 MP3
>> > maxdsiz already at 2GB...
>> > Server is 24GB RAM
>> >
>> > Symantec support not helpfull at all... bprd grows to 4GB and dies...
>> malloc error...
>> >
>> > What do I do now? Is there a 64bit Netbackup release ?
>> >
>> > Help!!!
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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