bdf fails on large Oracle data files

[shai kedem]

Hello,

I'm getting an error message when activating the command:
bdf , when file_name is a name of an Oracle data file over 2GB.
the error message is:
bdf: : Value too large to be stored in data type

According to an HP document (found on theb web thru HP site, see attachment) about large files, this error is returned when a command does not support large data files.
According to the same document, bdf is a command which should support all data files sizes.
Is there a specific patch to solve this problem ?

Regards,
Shai Kedem, Israel

[eran maor · Accepted solution]

Hi shai

i think that we are the only pepole that work on sunday .

about your que. you are rigth the bdf need to support also large file and your error that you are getting is a bug in the bdf command

first of all you will need to install :
PHCO_23117 - s700_800 11.00 bdf(1M) cumulative patch .

there is an open JAG( a call to the labs of HP ) about this error and there isnt any patch
to fix this problem .

i know that there is a workaround for the command bdf but for that i need you to call the israel response center to open a call because i got have a fix version of the bdf and i need to ask the WTEC to send me the fix but for that i need a call open .

but i know for fact that this error is a bug .

hope that i help you

[shai kedem]

df seams to work OK on large files.
This can be an alternative to bdf.

[eran maor]

Hi shai

yep , you can use the df command but the bdf is better .

please send me an e-mail to : eran_maor@hp.com and tomorrow i will try to find the fix bdf that can handle the error that you are getting .

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Shai,

If you have ONLINEJFS, you can change the file system behaviour online with

fsadm -o largefiles /mounted_directory

If you don't have OnlineJFS, you may consider getting it installed on your system. There are a lot many other advantages of having it like snapshot file systems for backup, defragmentation, online resizing of the logical volumes etc,


-Sri

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

oops sorry.. Didn't quite read your original messsage. You do have large file systems.

O.K. For the time-being till HP comes up with a fix, you can survive with df.

-Sri