There is a MAKESPARSE parameter that you can specify in the dsm.sys that
can be set to YES or NO.  I forget how this works though.

Angel Boles

Westinghouse Electric
(412) 642-5944
Win 272-5944
bolesav AT westinghouse DOT com

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> From:         Chriss Painter[SMTP:root AT MERLIN.WVU DOT EDU]
> Sent:         Monday, June 09, 1997 3:08 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Sparse files
>
> I am running ORACLE on AIX and backing up my ORACLE files to a ADSM
> server.  When I restore an ORACLE file it is no longer a sparse file.
> In
> other words I loose all of its empty space.  I want to be able to
> retain
> the file's sparse'ness when I restore it.  Is there a way to do this?
>
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