Much thanks to:
Charles Knox <knox_at_grendel.astr.cwru.edu>
Scott Ruffner <jpr9c_at_cs.virginia.edu>
Oisin McGuinness <oisin_at_sbcm.com>
Ken Lawrence <lawrence_at_hl.wes.army.mil>
The answer is that the files on that filesystem are not cmpressable.
I tried using compress on the large file shown below and it just didnt compress.
I used gzip and it only shortened the file by 4kbytes! So its time to buy
dlt-IIIxt tapes.
Thanks again :)
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Bugs Brouillard wrote:
->
->Howdy,
->We have a dlt2000xt, using dlt-III tapes with density 10/compress
->selected. This should hold 20GB, however, it complains about
->running out of tape while backup up a 12.7GB filesystem.
->This happends using gnutar and the stock /bin/tar and ends while
->dumping the same file.
->-r-xr-xr-x root/system 29849165 1999-03-24 16:46 usrweb3/cbt/docs/cbtlib/vc5009e/vc5009ez.exe
->The filesystem contains webcbt files.
->I backed up just the directory that the file is in with no problem.
->I tried 2 different tape drives with the same results.
-> (We have 4 other alpha 2100's without this problem)
->
->Here are the facts:
->
->actual amount of bytes backed up = 10231229268
->
->system is DU4.0D patch jumbo PK1 on alpha 2100
->mt stat shows 62500 BPI density.
->
->tape unit is /dev/rmt0h
->crw-rw-rw- 1 root system 9,16386 Sep 14 13:19 rmt0h
->
->CAM Equipment Device Table (EDT) Information:
-> Device: DLT2000 Bus: 1, Target: 0, Lun: 0, Type: Sequential Access
->
->CAM Equipment Device Table (EDT) Information:
->
->Inquiry Information:
->
-> SCSI Bus ID: 1
-> SCSI Target ID: 0
-> SCSI Target LUN: 0
-> Peripheral Device Type: 0x1 (Sequential Access)
-> Peripheral Qualifier: 0 (Peripheral Device Connected)
-> Device Type Modifier: 0
-> Removable Media: Yes
-> ANSI Version: 2 (Complies to ANSI X3.131-1994, SCSI-2)
-> ECMA Version: 0
-> ISO Version: 0
-> Response Data Format: 2 (SCSI-2)
-> Terminate I/O Process: No
-> Additional Length: 51
-> Soft Reset Support: No
-> Command Queuing Support: No
-> Target Transfer Disable: No
-> Linked Command Support: Yes
-> Synchronous Data Transfers: Yes
-> Support for 16 Bit Transfers: No
-> Support for 32 Bit Transfers: No
-> Relative Addressing Support: No
-> Vendor Identification: DEC
-> Product Identification: TZ86
-> Firmware Revision Level: 8832
->
->
->Has this happened to anyone else? Can anyone help me with this?
->Thanks
->
->
->
->Bugs Brouillard Unix system administrator
->Humboldt State Univ. 707-826-6123
->Arcata, Calif.
->
->email bb1_at_humboldt.edu
->
->
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Bugs Brouillard Unix system administrator
Humboldt State Univ. 707-826-6123
Arcata, Calif.
email bb1_at_humboldt.edu
Received on Fri Sep 24 1999 - 19:35:33 NZST