Re: dumpcheck...copy directory too small

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 12/19/03

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    Date:         Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:36:15 +0100
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    So really it's a fault with dumpcheck?

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
    > Sent: 18 December 2003 19:13
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Re: dumpcheck...copy directory too small
    >
    >
    > dump splats, but the dumpcheck script checks AVAILABLE size,
    > which is dependant on how much of swap is in use.
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    > Green, Simon
    > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:49 AM
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Re: dumpcheck...copy directory too small
    >
    >
    > I believe that you're mistaken. When a dump is written to a
    > paging space, it just splats right over the top of it. Perhaps
    > dumpcheck doesn't realise this, and is reporting incorrectly.

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