Avamar: Backup reports "<5079>: Large number of entries in directory" and "Listing not perfectly sorted"
Summary: Avamar Backup reports "avtar Warning <5079>: Large number of entries (288694 > 50000) in directory "O:" -- Listing not perfectly sorted."
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Symptoms
An Avamar client backup log reports the following messages.
avtar Warning <5079>: Large number of entries (288694 > 50000) in directory "O:" -- Listing not perfectly sorted.Cause
This occurs where avtar encounters a directory which contains many entries under the specified directory.
This means anything higher than 50,000 for regular file system backups, or >200,000 for NetApp and NDMP backups.
This means anything higher than 50,000 for regular file system backups, or >200,000 for NetApp and NDMP backups.
Resolution
No action is needed.
The 'bigdirgroup' value affects the number of files in a directory which avtar processes into a 'sorted' order within a backup.
The higher the value, the more sorting must occur and the more memory avtar consumes.
This results in a longer time to handle that particular directory within the dataset.
If the number of files in a directory exceeds the 'bigdirgroup' value, avtar still sorts the first 50,000 files, but the remaining files do not appear in sorted order.
The 'bigdirgroup' value affects the number of files in a directory which avtar processes into a 'sorted' order within a backup.
The higher the value, the more sorting must occur and the more memory avtar consumes.
This results in a longer time to handle that particular directory within the dataset.
If the number of files in a directory exceeds the 'bigdirgroup' value, avtar still sorts the first 50,000 files, but the remaining files do not appear in sorted order.
Affected Products
AvamarProducts
Avamar, Avamar ClientArticle Properties
Article Number: 000041024
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2025
Version: 5
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