cron, tar, ulimit and Sharity 3

[laurin1]

I'm using Sharity 3 to connect to a Window server for disk based backups. The database I'm trying to tar is about 4GB, but the tar always stops at 2GB. I've set the ulimit in etc/security/limits to 12582906 and I've set ulimit -f 12582906 in etc/profile, but nothing seems to work.

What account does cron run under (what acccount's ulimits would affect it)?

Is there a way to split a tar during creation?

 

[hirschaj]

tar is limited to 2GB. Take a look at the pax command as an alternative.


Jim Hirschauer

http://www.aixexpert.com

 

[laurin1]

I've seen posts in this forum that state that tar is limited only by file system limitations.

 

[BocaBurger]

I did a quick search and it seems it depends on who's tar you are using.

2 gig. to 8 gig.



BocaBurger
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[khalidaaa]

why don't you use the backup command instead?

find /Database_directory -print | backup -ivf arch.bkp

Regards
Khalid