AIX and Value too large to be stored in data type.

root@test8:/config1>oslevel -s
5300-01-00-0000
root@test8:/config1>oslevel -r
5300-01

while moving a file sized 9GB i got this message

root@test8:/configapp>mv bkp_14JUN16_oraapp_2.tgz /oraapp
bkp_14JUN16_oraapp_2.tgz: Value too large to be stored in data type.

possibly need APAR Fix IY68126: MV COMMAND SHOWS EOVERFLOW ERROR FOR LARGE FILES

I tried to untar and unzip and nothing happens when I enter the command,
just exits to command prompt

root@test8:/>gunzip < /configapp/bkp_14JUN16_oraapp.tgz | /opt/freeware/bin/tar xvf -
root@test8:/>

checking ulimits

root@test8:/>cat /etc/security/limits
default:
        fsize = -1
        core = -1
        cpu = -1
        data = -1
        rss = -1
        stack = -1
        nofiles = -1
        fsize_hard = -1
        core_hard = -1
        cpu_hard = -1
        data_hard = -1
        stack_hard = -1
        rss_hard = -1
        nofiles_hard = -1


root:
        fsize = -1
        core = -1
        cpu = -1
        data = -1
        stack = -1
        rss = -1
        nofiles = -1
        fsize_hard = -1
        core_hard = -1
        cpu_hard = -1
        data_hard = -1
        stack_hard = -1
        rss_hard = -1
        nofiles_hard = -1


so i went to check tar

root@test8:/>/opt/freeware/bin/tar -version

nothing happened... seems like tar was not working,\

reinstalled tar and it failed

Command: failed        stdout: yes           stderr: no

Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.

[MORE...3]
    tar-1.22



Validating RPM package selections ...

Please wait...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                          RPM  Error Summary:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The following errors occurred during installation:
package tar-1.22-1 is for a different operating system

and on another machine

root@test8:/>gunzip < /configapp/bkp_14JUN16_oraapp.tgz | /opt/freeware/bin/tar xvf -
/opt/freeware/bin/tar: This does not look like a tar archive
/opt/freeware/bin/tar: Skipping to next header
/opt/freeware/bin/tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

This might probably be the case because with GNU-tools you have to use "--" to introduce long option names. It is command -h but command --help .

I hope this helps.

bakunin

thanks bakunin, but i have used -- with GNU tools and still same result.
couple of issues here ( i searched for your old posts also, but couldn't find a solution for :-

  1. Value too large to be stored in data type.

xec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /opt/freeware/bin/tar because of the following                   errors:
        0509-130 Symbol resolution failed for tar because:
        0509-136   Symbol __pth_init (number 170) is not exported from
                   dependent module /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o).
        0509-136   Symbol __pthread (number 171) is not exported from
                   dependent module /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o).
        0509-192 Examine .loader section symbols with the
                 'dump -Tv' command.

3-

rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __pth_init was referenced
      from module rpm(), but a runtime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
rtld: 0712-001 Symbol __pthread was referenced
      from module rpm(), but a runtime definition
      of the symbol was not found.
        0509-026 System error: Error 0

4-

root@test8:/opt/freeware/bin>./tar
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./tar because of the following errors:
        0509-130 Symbol resolution failed for tar because:
        0509-136   Symbol __pth_init (number 170) is not exported from
                   dependent module /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o).
        0509-136   Symbol __pthread (number 171) is not exported from
                   dependent module /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_bindtextdomain (number 172) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_dgettext (number 173) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_gettext (number 174) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_textdomain (number 175) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_ngettext (number 176) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-192 Examine .loader section symbols with the
                 'dump -Tv' command.
root@test8:/opt/freeware/bin>./tar
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./tar because of the following errors:
        0509-130 Symbol resolution failed for tar because:
        0509-136   Symbol __pth_init (number 170) is not exported from
                   dependent module /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o).
        0509-136   Symbol __pthread (number 171) is not exported from
                   dependent module /usr/lib/libpthreads.a(shr_xpg5.o).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_bindtextdomain (number 172) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_dgettext (number 173) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_gettext (number 174) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_textdomain (number 175) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-136   Symbol libintl_ngettext (number 176) is not exported from
                   dependent module /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.1).
        0509-192 Examine .loader section symbols with the
                 'dump -Tv' command.

5- even though the tar/zip file was made on AIX machine and FTP in bin from AIX to AIX still getting this error
moved the file to other machine and still same error error, on the source machine created the file

/opt/freeware/bin/tar cvf - /oraapp 2> >(tee oraapp.txt /dev/tty) | gzip > bkp_15_6_16_oraapp.tgz

and when trying to unpack

root@test8:/>gunzip < /config1/bkp_15_6_16_oraapp.tgz | /opt/freeware/bin/tar xvf -
/opt/freeware/bin/tar: This does not look like a tar archive
/opt/freeware/bin/tar: Skipping to next header
/opt/freeware/bin/tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

I searched on google but couldn't find any solution for the above