file too large

[bhawani123]

Hello Guys,

I am facing problem with DAT drive Backup.I use the following command for backup.

tar cvf /dev/rmt/0 <file name>

The file size is 9GB and I am getting error message &quot;file too large&quot;

Regd,
Ajay

 

[cfsalmeida]

Check for file ownership and permissions:

# chown root /usr/bin/rsh /usr/bin/rcp /usr/bin/rlogin
# chmod 4555 /usr/bin/rsh /usr/bin/rcp /usr/bin/rlogin
it should look like:
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 8772 Aug 30 13:31 /usr/bin/rsh
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 20292 Aug 30 13:31 /usr/bin/rcp
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 15808 Aug 30 13:31 /usr/bin/rlogin


Regards,

Carlos Almeida,

 

[cfsalmeida]

Sorry for last reply (change threads here ), I mean if you are using Solaris tar, Solaris tar have trouble handling large files, try install Gnu tar (you can download from

http://www.sunfreeware.com,

in pkgadd format), then explicity try with gnu tar, usualy: /usr/local/bin/tar ....

Hope it helps,

Regards,

 

[bi]

If you want to stick to a utility that Solaris already has, you could try dd. That is large file aware and should be able to handle a 9 GB file.

 

[bhawani123]

Thanks for Everyone.I will try to use Gnu tar.

Regd,
Ajay