Re: [flexbackup-help] flexbackup abort

[Edwin H. <ed...@co...>]

[ mar...@eq... wrote: ]
> Hi All,
> 
> I have tested flexbackup with data of less than 1G on a Tanberg SLR 5 (
> tapes 4G/8G )
> But with data of 3.8G the DUMP aborts with a message pipe broken
> 
> Any ideas ?

Are you using buffering?

Since I recently picked things up again and was testing, I noticed that the
'buffer' program has never been updated to have large file support (>2Gb).

I ran into this archiving to files; I'd have to go check if the same offset
issue occurs with char devices like tapes, but my hunch is it still applies.

Try with the backup with "-d buffer=false" and see if the problem goes
away. 

If that's the case, turn buffering off in the config file. I also put a
.src.rpm and a RH 8 binary rpm of 'buffer' on
http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net, that force-compile it for large files,
you might try those if you are using RedHat or other rpm-based dist.


 -Edwin


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