Hi KD , thanks. It now looks that the maximum file size which tsm can could handle would be limited only by the individual volume size! . I believe it could be endlessly increased if the volume happens to be a disk under volume management of AIX or any such product. sekar narasimhan --- Keith Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To the best of my knowlege TSM does not have a 2GB > file size limit for > storing the file. The problem comes in at the OS > filesystemlevel. > Solaris UFS filesystems have this limitation, as did > AIX 4.1. 4.2 could > be set up to support large file sizes in SMIT, and I > beleve 4.3 supports > it nativly. Linux also has this problem. > > If the individual file exceeds the MAX file size > that can be sent to a > storage pool, it is automaticly sent directly to its > next storage pool > (usualy tape). If a client is backing up directly > to tape, and the end of > file mark is reached prior to the end of the > agragate transfer, then that > agragate is expired, and a new tape is mounted. AKA > an Agragate can not > be split between two volumes. > > Keith Davey > Tivoli Systems > > > On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, sekar n wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Iam aware of some limitations on AIX/solaris for > > individual filesize > 2 GB. What about TSM. Also > what > > happens when an individual file size exceeds the > > physcial limit of pool volume. Does any > fragmentation > > take place !! > > > > sekar narasimhan > > Chennai, India > > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 > Free! > > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
