Re: rman, linux, and 2 gig file size limit

Joshua D Rusch <jdrusch_at_avatartechnology.com> wrote in message news:9u5upa$rad$1_at_news01.cit.cornell.edu...
> Is there a way to spread an oracle backup to disk across multiple files to
> get around the 2 gig limit on a standard linux filesystem?
>
> I've been skimming the RMAN reference, but I am pretty new to oracle so
> pardon me if this is incorrect, but it sounds like I want to span a full
> backup over multiple backup sets...or somehow create a single backup set
> spanning multiple files...
> I would think I have to do something with multiple channels and
filesperset?
> I initially tried setsize, but that was before I realized that was the
size
> of the entire set, not the size of each file.
>
>
> thanks,
> josh
>
>
>

I'm not aware of any 2 gig limit on a filesystem. Although I have to admit that I've not created a filesystem larger than the 11 gig one I have right now for some data. Do you mean 2 gig filesize? Received on Fri Nov 30 2001 - 05:30:49 CST