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tape restore for file over 2 gb
I haven't tried the split command yet. Care to show me how to use the split command in conjunction with tar. Say for example, my tape is on /dev/rmt1 the file on the tape is... /dsk1/filename- chesterc
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- Forum: Data Recovery general discussion
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tape restore for file over 2 gb
i'm using Aix 4.3.3. Tar is the program used to create the archive. I'm just having a bit of problem extracting the file off my archive. I used "tar xvf filename" to extract but it failed. I've set the ulimit to unlimited but that didn't help at all. Is there a way for me to use...- chesterc
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- Forum: Data Recovery general discussion
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tape restore for file over 2 gb
i'm trying to restore a file off my tape backup. The file is over 2 gb. Tar won't extract the file since it has a 2 gb limitation. Any ideas?- chesterc
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- Forum: Data Recovery general discussion
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mksysb help
Has anyone ever been successful making a mksysb backup on to a remote tape drive? I'm running AIX 4.3.3 on an IBM RS/6000. Any help, suggestion, tips would be greatly appreciated.
