Networker

Re: [Networker] Advanced file type questions

2004-09-15 15:02:02
Subject: Re: [Networker] Advanced file type questions
From: Robert Maiello <robert.maiello AT PFIZER DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:02:38 -0400
Someone had posted a while back that certain versions of Veritas Volume
Manager and Veritas filesystem were needed for  extremely large filesystems
(+2 TB) ??

Anyone using extremely large AFTDs with success?

Robert Maiello
Pioneer Data Systems


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:12:56 -0400, Terry Lemons <lemons_terry AT EMC DOT COM> 
wrote:

>Hi Richard
>
>
>Using AFTD
>
>1. Are we limited to 1 TB file systems/device using Solaris 9 and Networker
>7.1.2 ? I know I can construct fs over 1 TB, but will Networker be able to
>use them as AFTD ?[Lemons, Terry] NetWorker does not have a size limit for
>AFT devices.  So you need to examine the file system (and, if used, logical
>volume manager) limits, to make sure they support your intended size.
>
>2. Can we create multiples AFT devices under the same file system ?[Lemons,
>Terry] Yes.  Each AFT device is a separate directory tree.  Note that each
>AFT device on the same physical device SHARES the available disk space.
>
>i.e. I have a /backup partition of 4 TB and I want to create 4 AFT devices:
>
>/backup/vol1
>/backup/vol2
>/backup/vol3
>/backup/vol4
>
>The reason I am asking that is that I want to be able to be able to stage
>using 4 devices but I don't want to be bothered by having 1 device getting
>full while the other still have plenty of space...[Lemons, Terry] If the
>/backup partition fills up, all four AFT devices will become full and stop
>writing until space is made available.
>
>Thanks !
>
>Richard Savage
>rsavage AT mediagrif DOT com
>
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