Backup to Tape

[InduPramod]

Hi,

I did retension of the tape but still it is the problem
I did the backup but when I tried to run the command to write to a tape it gives me the following error


tar -cv filename tapedevie


a /data/oracle8/database_backups/backup_kvs_db.tar.Z too large to archive
Backup stopped with errors. Backup file was not stored to tape.


Can anyone help me regarding this.

 

[KenCunningham]

Difficult to say exactly, but are you using the compressed tape device (/dev/rmt/0c or similar)? If not, perhaps this is why you are running out of space.

Hope this helps.

 

[InduPramod]

No its not a compressed tape device

 

[InduPramod]

The file size is 8.3 GB and tape is
50 GB and 100 compress

Hope this will help you to answer my question

 

[cfsalmeida]

The version of tar bundle with solaris have trouble handling files larger than 2GB, try install "Gnu tar", you can download in pkgadd format from "

http://www.sunfreeware.com".

hope this helps.

Regards,

CA,