255 GB backup limit

[mlmmilkyway]

hi,
Anyone know the amount of backup data that can be done in one session? I had backup of a disk stop at 255GB and it has 314GB on the disk. No error messages.

Thanks

 

[Chacalinc]

are you configuring "Unix/Windows/DOS with compression directives"?

if so, that's a correct info, because NW will show you the current mount of data written to the tape, it doesn't matter if this data is compressed or not.

Cheers.

 

[mlmmilkyway]

hi,
I use Unix standard directives; do all the compression at the hardware level on the tape drive.

 

[Chacalinc]

hmmm... do you know if in the paths you are backing up there are some files/folders tha are skipped by directive?

example: Unix with standard directives skipt *.tmp and /tmp folder, /tmp_mnt are skipped...

Take a look to the directive and see if you have folders that meet those that are skipped.

Cheers.

 

[Chacalinc]

BTW, you can make a recover sission (without recovering, just browsing) in order to see whether all files are backing up or not, and what files/folders are out of backups.

Cheers.