Windows node: unibackup program not able to zip files larger than 4GB

Products

• CA Automic Dollar Universe

Issue/Introduction

During performing backup, the unibackup program ends with error:

“Zip failed: Unable to Compress backup directory”

In unibackup.log file there is error:

“adding: data/filename (140 bytes security)

zip error: Entry too big to split, read, or write (file exceeds Zip's 4GB uncompressed size limit)”

Environment

Release : 6.x

Component : DOLLAR UNIVERSE

OS: Windows 64 bits systems

Cause

32-bit zip.exe version not able to compress files larger than 4GB

Resolution

Workaround:

In /bin folder replace 32-bit zip.exe with 64-bit zip.exe version

 

64-bit zip.exe version is attached to this article

Additional Information

Fix is planned in future Dollar Universe releases