Re: Copying files between Windows and AIX

From: Ignacio Vidal (ividal@BIYCSA.COM.AR)
Date: Tue Jan 06 2004 - 09:39:01 EST


We are talking about copying a 84GB 1-level directory from Windows to AIX.
The copy fails after transferring about 50~56GB.

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Vipin Khushu [mailto:vkhushu@GUERNSEYOP.COM]
> Enviado el: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:30 AM
> Para: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Asunto: Re: Copying files between Windows and AIX
>
>
> how much space is left on the destination at the half way point?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ignacio Vidal [mailto:ividal@BIYCSA.COM.AR]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:21 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Copying files between Windows and AIX
>
>
> Excuse me, I didn't mention that the copy starts OK, it
> copies about half
> the files and then it stops with that error.
>
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: Bill Verzal [mailto:BVerzal@KOMATSUNA.COM]
> > Enviado el: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:17 AM
> > Para: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Asunto: Re: Copying files between Windows and AIX
> >
> >
> > Permissions ?
> >
> > Perhaps it could not write to the directory and it is
> interpreting the
> > failure as a no space condition ?
> >
> > BV
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "If everything is coming your way, then you are in the wrong lane"
> >
> > Bill Verzal
> > AIX Administrator, Komatsu America
> > (847) 970-3726 - direct
> > (847) 970-4184 - fax
> >
> >
> >
> > Ignacio Vidal
> > <ividal@BIYCSA.CO
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> > AIX
> > 01/06/2004 11:07
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> > Hello:
> > I've the following problem...
> > I need to copy all files in one directory (about 500.000
> files) from a
> > Windows 2K server to a filesystem (with enough free
> > space/inodes) in an AIX
> > 4.3.3 server.
> > This filesystem is "exported" to the Windows side using samba
> > (as a shared
> > folder).
> > The windows machine is the "source" in this transfer, I´ve
> > tried 3 times
> > the copy with no success: every time it failed with a message
> > "there is no
> > disk free space".
> > What could it be??
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ignacio
> >
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