Solaris Issue

UNIX Solaris
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Hi,

I am having a serious problem with a Solaris 2.6 box. Whenever I try and tar a large directory I get this error:tar: write error: unexpected EOF

My own research shows that I might have to enable tarring large files by this command:
fsadm -o largefiles <mountpoint>

My box does not seem to have fsadm installed. Any other way I can tar up these files?

UPDATE: I ran this command:

/ on /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0 read/write/setuid/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:18 2009
/usr on /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s5 read/write/setuid/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:18 2009
/proc on /proc read/write/setuid on Wed Dec 16 17:07:18 2009
/dev/fd on fd read/write/setuid on Wed Dec 16 17:07:18 2009
/var on /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s3 read/write/setuid/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:18 2009
/export1 on /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s6 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/export2 on /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s7 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/export4 on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/export5 on /dev/dsk/c1t5d0s0 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/export6 on /dev/dsk/c1t6d0s0 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/oracle on /dev/dsk/c1t6d0s1 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/opt on /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s4 setuid/read/write/largefiles on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/tmp on swap read/write on Wed Dec 16 17:07:37 2009
/common/local on /export1/common/Solaris/local read/write on Thu Dec 17 10:28:38 2009

Seems as if it is set to read/write large files already! So why am I getting that error message? How can I check for disk space used?
I am new to Solaris.
Please advise.

2

is there enough free disk space on the filesystem? whats the command you used exactly? FSADM CAN BE USED FOR VXFS
reference similar issue:-

3

naa not enough space anywhere:

Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0      48644   48613       0   100%    /
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s5     513439  414865   47231    90%    /usr
/proc                      0       0       0     0%    /proc
fd                         0       0       0     0%    /dev/fd
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s3     241403  161015   56248    75%    /var
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s6    3009594 2369161  580242    81%    /export1
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s7    4232408 3759927  430157    90%    /export2
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0    1015332  218899  735514    23%    /export4
/dev/dsk/c1t5d0s0    8816359 5014128 3714068    58%    /export5
/dev/dsk/c1t6d0s0    3007846  910612 2037078    31%    /export6
/dev/dsk/c1t6d0s1     625991  350515  219137    62%    /oracle
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s4     336931   34746  268492    12%    /opt
swap                  513776      24  513752     1%    /tmp
/export3/gnats       3007846  910612 2037078    31%    /gnats

I am trying to attach a SCSI tape drive but it keeps given errors upon reboot. There is an ULTRA SCSI drive and two other SCSI drives all attahced in chain. Any suggestions on how to connect SCSI drive?

4

housekeep your filesystem, retry your steps , then update us.

5

I cannot housekeep the system as the manager wants a copy of the current system so it would be unwise to delete anything.

Only choices now are to get the SCSI tape driving working or remotely copy files over to another system. SSH is not installed on the box. Any other way to copy files remotely?

6

I have seen someone do this. Get an external hdd drive . cop the data over using winscp after connecting a cross cable from your notebook to the server.

7

You have lost me. I need more details. Why do I need a notebook if I connect an external hard drive to the server?

8

You could use FTP or rcp to copy files if you don't have SSH.

9

whichever way that you are convenient with.:stuck_out_tongue: