can you show us what errors you where getting when you where trying to back up this file.
You need to give us more info, Have you made sure the file isn´t locked or in use. Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Microsoft Certified System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nyherji Hf Simi TEL: +354-569-7700 Borgartun 37 105 Iceland URL: http://www.nyherji.is -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael O'Brien Sent: 18. september 2002 10:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Large files > 2GB ********************************************************************** This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee and is strictly confidential. If you are not the addressee, please do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any attachments. Instead please e-mail it back to the sender and delete the message from your computer. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free and The Co-operative Bank accepts no liability for changes made to this e-mail (and any attachments) after it was sent or for viruses arising as a result of this e-mail transmission. Any unauthorised reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. The Co-operative Bank reserves the right to intercept any e - mails or other communication for permitted purposes in accordance with the current legislation which you send to, or receive from, any of the employees or agents of the Bank via Bank telecommunication systems. By so corresponding you also give your consent to the Bank monitoring and recording of any correspondence using these systems. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c. is registered in England and Wales, number 990937. The registered office is at PO Box 101, 1, Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP. ********************************************************************** Hi, I'm trying to backup a directory containing several large files, some of the files are >5GB. When I run dsmc backup /directname/ I doesn't backup any of the files in the directory. If I then try to backup an individual file of 600mb it backups up successfully. But if I try to backup a 5GB file it fails. Have anybody experienced similar problems using tsm on HPUX 11.00 Thanks Mike