Thanks Richard! I was looking at the manual online and when I went to the hardcopy I found that limitation.
******************************** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Senior Systems Programmer Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************** "Richard Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 01/31/2007 09:07 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Help! Trying to define a devclass of type: file and it keeps failing On Jan 31, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Joni Moyer wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I have looked in the manual and the only thing it references is > that the > default is 2 G. I do not see a maximum limit for a file device > class. I > have looked in the Reference Guide and the Admin Guide. > > I guess I had thought that in order to do a database backup to disk I > would need the maxcapacity to be the size of my current database > backup > which is actually 122 GB, but I thought I would allow it some space > for > growth. > > Am I missing something within the manual? Thanks again! > Joni - When referring to manuals, make sure your are using the one published for your running release level - or, use the Help command. You are running the 5.2 AIX server. On page 162 of the 5.2 server Admin Ref manual (GC32-0769-01), says: The maximum value is 64GB (MAXCAPACITY=64G). Richard Sims