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  3. October 2004

RE: PC Backup to IFS

>ANYWAY... back to your 1gb problem...  I don't see why 1gb would be an
>issue, but I know that the IFS APIs have problems handling a file
that's
>larger than 2gb unless you use the special "large file support" APIs.
Is
>it possible that this is the problem you're running into?  (Maybe
>NetServer uses the interface with the 2gb limit under the covers.)  If
so,
>I doubt that there's anything you can do, aside from ask IBM to fix it.
 
For giggles I tried a backup of my PC to the IFS (V5R2 270). I cancelled
it (which results in a _Valid_ backup of those files already backed up)
after 3.2Gig, so I know you can go at least that high. 

-Walden

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