[Samba] Backup from Linux onto Win2K-share

Carsten.Loeffler@command.de
2003-11-17T11:28:33Z

2003. november 14. 12.35 d?tummal Stefan G. Weichinger ezt
?rta:
> Guten Tag CarstendotLoeffler at commanddotde,
>
> am Freitag, 14. November 2003 um 11:08 schrieben Sie:
>
> CLcd> Hi.
>
> CLcd> I'm running Kernel 2.4.19 and Samba 2.2.5.
>
> CLcd> I'm in need to do a backup out of big SAPDB database (60 GB)
> CLcd> onto a share on a Win2K-box (all my databases have to backup
> CLcd> onto this w2K-box where they get saved on tape).
>
> CLcd> This works fine as long as it comes to 2 GB. Than it stops with
> CLcd> the message "file size exceeded". Obviously there is a
file size
> limit CLcd> somewhere in Samba.
>
> CLcd> How can I get rid of it? I've tried to use a different kernel
> (2.4.22) CLcd> and I compiled as well as new Samba 3.0.1 from source (on
a
> CLcd> different machine). But I still have the problem. Whats wrong?
>
> CLcd> (PS: NFS has a limit as well; 4 GB. But I need
"unlimited" sizes)
>
> Seems like you hit the limit of the filesystem on the w2k-box.
> Not that of Samba.
>
> regards,
> Stefan G. Weichinger
> mailto:monitor at oopsdotcodotat

- I also think that Stefan.
- May you use FAT32 on w2k?
-
- --
-
- attiko

>Hi guys,
>
>I'm sorry, but you're wrong.
>
>I'm using NTFS (its a Win 2000 Advanced Server with ~ 1 TB Harddrive)
>because of security. >
>
>I'm backing upwith SAP DB from a Windows-server to Windows-server
without
>any of this problems. All other servers (except Linux) can backup tons
>of Gigabyte (the largest one is 120 GB) to that Windows-2000.>
>
>I only have this problem with my Linux boxes. And I can resolve on any
>other Linux box running any distribution (Mandrake, RedHat, Suse ...).


>Are you tar-ing onto the remote drive? tar is limited to 2gb unless you
use the 'gnu >format' archive option....>
>
> John Snowdon - IT Support Specialist
>-==========================================-
> Faculty of Medical Sciences Computing Dept
> School of Medical Education Development
> University of Newcastle
> You mean, you have this problem with ALL your linux-boxes?
>
>Please describe in more detail, I haven?t got the whole picture yet.
>
>You have a Linux/Samba-machine which tries to put files to a
>W2K-share?
>
>Using smbclient? smbtar?
>Have you mounted the share via smbfs, maybe?
>Have you mounted the share via smbfs, maybe?
>
>regards,
>Stefan G. Weichinger
>mailto:monitor at oopsdotcodotat


No, I'm not really "taring". Right now I'm using following
command to mount
a share on the windows box:

smbmount //ntsrvsr3/cmdhp5 /mnt/backupsmb -o username=kwhadm,dmask=777

I also tried "mount -f smbfs ...."; but this failed as well.

Some more descriptions:
I have a Windows-2000-domain with ten W2K servers. One of the servers is my
backup server which has a share for each of the other servers where they
can put
their database-backups. As well I have a Linux box running a database; it
also
has to put its database backup to a share (named above).

A few words on my database: I'm running SAP DB 7.3. It has the option to
backup the database either on a tape or on into a file. If using
"file-backup" this
file can be anywhere on the linux, either in the local file system or in
NFS or in
SAMBA. SAP DB does not care on that as long as it can use a mount.
In Windows this works out perfectly for me (same technique).

Ive tried FTP, SAMBA and NFS: nothing can backup more than 2 or 4 Gigabyte.
Ive tried Suse Enterprise 8, Suse 8.2, Mandrake 8.1: same problem
everywhere.
At home I tried to manage it with XP-Professional and Suse Linux 8.2; there
I've tested a new compiled kernel and samba 3.0.1: same problem.

Sorry, but I'm getting "frustrated".