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[Veritas-bu] NetBackup support for Linux reiser/XFS filesystems?

2003-02-06 21:35:30
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup support for Linux reiser/XFS filesystems?
From: brian.blake AT veritas DOT com (Brian Blake)
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:35:30 -0500
I believe we will be supporting > 2GB file sizes with 4.5 MP4 which is
scheduled sometime next quarter. But I would check with your local sales
force for more info.

On 2/6/03 8:00 PM, "Konstantin 'Kastus' Shchuka" <kastus AT epocrates DOT com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:08:11PM -0800, Jeremy Mates wrote:
>> The veritas documentation I could find lists support for RedHat Linux,
>> though limits RedHat 7.2 to only supporting the EXT2 filesystem.  Does
>> anyone know if NetBackup supports the more exotic Linux filesystems
>> (EXT3, Reiser, XFS)?
> 
> NetBackup 3.4 backs up reiserfs filesystem from SuSE 8.1
> (actually, even reiserfs installed on LVM) -- without any problems.
> The only serious limit is 2G file size which bpbkar is capable
> of accessing. Why Veritas links their software with anachronic libraries?
> 
> Regards,

-- 
Brian Blake
Professional Services Organization
VERITAS Software
brian.blake AT veritas DOT com