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7.3.4 does not support file sizes larger than 2GB
>From: "Manivannan.M" <manivannan.m_at_tatainfotech.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: File size problem.
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 02:41:02 -0800
>
>Hi DBAs,
> We are creating a oracle 7.3.4 database on a sun machine with solaris 8
>installed on it.The problem is that when we try to create a file thru the
>oracle then it does not allow us to crewate files bigger than 2000M
>size.whereas when we do it thru the OS it does create bigfiles
>
>created file thru the OS:
>-------------------------
>Now when we do a mkfile -v 3000M testfile it does create a big file of
>the required size.But then when i try to create a datafile thru oracle
>then it gives an error:
>
>
>creating file thru the oracle:
>------------------------------
>SVRMGR> create tablespace testb datafile '/db1/dbf/test01.dbf' size 3000M;
>create tablespace testb datafile '/db1/dbf/test01.dbf' size 3000M
>*
>ORA-01119: error in creating database file '/db1/dbf/test01.dbf'
>ORA-07358: sfccf: write error, unable to write to file.
>SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
>
>
>what cud be the reason behind this...
>are there any OS specific parameters that need to be modified or could
>there be some problem with the installation???
>
>please reply ASAP
>
>thanks in advance,
>Jothish
>
>
>
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>Author: Manivannan.M
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