Ah, wow.

Also, if NetBackup does not use fopen64() then the log size will be 
limited to 2.0GB.

Justin.

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Hindle, Greg wrote:

>  
> 
> What was happening is the file size limit was being reached on the Linux
> server and the log could no longer be written to. The ndmp backup would
> go through all the tapes and then error our with a 96 even though the
> non-ndmp would work fine. Had me and the tech support guy stumped until
> he came across a tech note on the issue. I am trying to get him to send
> me the link to it so I can post it here.
> 
> Greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz at lucidpixels.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:30 AM
> To: Hindle, Greg
> Cc: NB List Mail
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Unix/Linux file sizes question
> 
> The 2.4 kernel itself can handle well over 2.0GB, it depends on what
> version of glibc you have loaded.  Solaris 8 was 1TB, Solaris 9 depends
> on whether its 32bit/64bit and what FS you are using, QFS/UFS, etc, but
> definitely over 2.0GB.
> 
> Error 96 means you ran out of tapes, (cannot allocate new media for
> backup).  That is strange you would get that error (if you really do
> have tapes available) on files that are larger than 2.0GB.
> 
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Hindle, Greg wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone tell me the maximum file size in red hat Linux 2.4 and 
> > Solaris 9?  We had a problem on one of our Linux boxes that support 
> > told us that log files cannot be large than 2.4 gig in size or the 
> > backup will stop. We were getting 96 errors. Once we deleted the log 
> > file that backup ran. So my question is can any confirm this in red 
> > hat Linux and Solaris UNIX? I asked out UNIX experts here they said 
> > yes, there is a default setting when first installed that limits file 
> > sizes and if you need larger sizes then you have to turn this on. I am
> 
> > curious if this is true and if anyone else has run into this weird
> issue.
> > 
> > 
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