Image Backup - Mgmt Class

[sfletche]

Hi,

I had a client with millions of constantly changing tiny little files. It would take days to back up tried JBB but with little improvement.
Long story short Image Based Backup is cutting 40 hr backups to 11 hrs.

However - I'm trying to figure out how to apply the proper management class to the images so only one version is kept but it doesnt work.
if anyone knows how to configure this i would appreciate the help.

Thanks!



Here is my dsm.opt

PASSWORDACCESS	GENERATE
TCPSERVERADDRESS	142.238.Xxx.xxx
resourceutilization 1
SCHEDLOGNAME	"c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmsched.log"
SCHEDLOGRETENTION N
ENABLELANFREE NO
ERRORLOGRETENTION 1 D
SCHEDLOGMAX 120
SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS VSS
NODENAME mimnear
SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE VSS
INCLUDE.IMAGE "I:"  MIMNEAR_MGMT_CLASS SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE=VSS
INCLUDE.IMAGE "R:"  MIMNEAR_MGMT_CLASS SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE=VSS
DOMAIN.IMAGE "\\mimnear\i$"
DOMAIN.IMAGE "\\mimnear\r$"

Here is my dsmsched.log

04/11/2012 02:26:11   Server Version 6, Release 3, Level 1.0
04/11/2012 02:26:11   Server date/time: 04/11/2012 02:26:13  Last access: 04/10/2012 22:11:58
04/11/2012 02:26:12 Volume -->805,304,231,424 \\mimnear\r$ [Sent]      
04/11/2012 02:26:12 Image Backup processing of '\\mimnear\r$' finished without failure.
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Session established with server TSMBLADE1: Windows
04/11/2012 09:00:00   Server Version 6, Release 3, Level 1.0
04/11/2012 09:00:00   Server date/time: 04/11/2012 09:00:02  Last access: 04/11/2012 02:26:13
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Volume -->2,197,942,838,784 \\mimnear\i$ [Sent]      
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Image Backup processing of '\\mimnear\i$' finished without failure.
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects inspected:            2
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects backed up:            2
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects updated:              0
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects rebound:              0
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects deleted:              0
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects expired:              0
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of objects failed:               0
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of bytes inspected:           2.73 TB
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total number of bytes transferred:         1.09 TB
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Data transfer time:                   38,509.03 sec
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Network data transfer rate:           30,478.17 KB/sec
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Aggregate data transfer rate:         30,184.25 KB/sec
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Objects compressed by:                        0%
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Total data reduction ratio:               59.99%
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Elapsed processing time:               10:48:04
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Scheduled event 'MIMNEARIMAGE_SCHEDULE' completed successfully.
04/11/2012 09:00:00 Sending results for scheduled event 'MIMNEARIMAGE_SCHEDULE'.

here is the schedule

Policy Domain Name: TAPEPOLICYDOMAIN
Schedule Name: MIMNEARIMAGE_SCHEDULE
Description:
Action: ImageBackup
Subaction:
Options:
Objects:
Priority: 5
Start Date/Time: 04/03/2012 22:00:00
Schedule Style: Classic
Period: 1 Day(s)
Day of Week: Any
Month:
Day of Month:
Week of Month:
Expiration:
Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN

relevant copy groups

Policy    Policy    Mgmt      Copy      Versions Versions   Retain  Retain
Domain    Set Name  Class     Group         Data     Data    Extra    Only
Name                Name      Name        Exists  Deleted Versions Version
--------- --------- --------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------
TAPEPOLI- ACTIVE    MIMNEAR_- STANDARD         2        1       30      60
 CYDOMAIN            MGMT_CL-
                     ASS
TAPEPOLI- ACTIVE    STANDARD  STANDARD        10        1       14      60
 CYDOMAIN
TAPEPOLI- STANDARD  MIMNEAR_- STANDARD         2        1       30      60
 CYDOMAIN            MGMT_CL-
                     ASS
TAPEPOLI- STANDARD  STANDARD  STANDARD        10        1       14      60
 CYDOMAIN

[GregE]

Can you edit your post use the "code" tag......... [ code ] your text [ /code ]

Do that but remove the spaces. I added those so that it would show up here as text so you could see it. It will make your post more legible.

[sfletche]

Can you edit your post use the "code" tag......... [ code ] your text [ /code ]

Do that but remove the spaces. I added those so that it would show up here as text so you could see it. It will make your post more legible.

I think i got it - Thanks for your help!

[GregE]

In your copy group in management class MIMNEAR_MGMT_CLASS, set your "VERExists" to 1.

Just FYI, you don't need SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE=VSS in your INCLUDE.IMAGE lines because you have SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE VSS already established.

[sfletche]

Thanks Greg - I should have caught that , thanks for your help!