Re: dsmfmt under AIX

HI Thomas,

Yes, I have seen this behaviour too. And used the same workaround that
you did. But it did cost us a reasonable amount of time working out the
problem.

I must admit, I didn't get around to reporting it at the time.


Trevor

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Thomas A. La Porte [SMTP:tlaporte AT ANIM.DREAMWORKS DOT COM]
        Sent:   Saturday, April 25, 1998 1:36 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        dsmfmt under AIX

        Platform: AIX 4.2.1, ADSM server, v3.1.0.2

        I have created a file-system (large file-enabled) under AIX that
        is roughly 8.5GB. I want to create four (4) 2GB database volumes
        in this filesystem. So I issue the command:

        judas 35# ./dsmfmt -g -db /redcross1/adsm/redcrossdbvol.01 2

        Which immediately prompts the following output:

        Actual allocation for /redcross1/adsm/redcrossdbvol.01 will be
2049 MB
        Insufficient Space Available for file
/redcross1/adsm/redcrossdbvol.01.

        Interesting, given that the filesystem is 8640 MB.

        Sooo, I try this:

        judas 36# ./dsmfmt -m -db /redcross1/adsm/redcrossdbvol.01 2048

        Which after a reasonable length of time, produces the following
        output:

        Actual allocation for /redcross1/adsm/redcrossdbvol.01 will be
2049 MB
        Allocated space for /redcross1/adsm/redcrossdbvol.01: 2148532224
bytes

        The question that comes to mind is, WHY? Presumably dsmfmt is
        only doing some type of conversion when given the "-m" or "-g"
        option, in order to produce a number (in bytes?) from the value
        given. Certainly this is only a minor annoyance, given that it
        does work when using -m. But why introduce the -g flag if it
        doesn't work?

        Has anybody else seen this behavior?

        "It's a dog eat dog world,                Thomas A. La Porte
         and I'm wearing milkbone underwear."     DreamWorks SKG
                      - Norm Peterson
<tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com>