ADSM-L

Re: Netware 4.11 backup taking extremely long

1997-04-16 17:52:38
Subject: Re: Netware 4.11 backup taking extremely long
From: Dianne Sharp <DSHARP AT CLEAR.CO DOT NZ>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 09:52:38 +1200
Are the TXNGROUPMAX and TXNBYTELIMIT options valid for ADSM Server for
MVS V1?  I can't find anything about them in the manuals.  If valid, how
do you know what value to choose?

Dianne Sharp
Operations Analyst
ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Ext 4208

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>From:  Elvin Peterson[SMTP:EPeterso AT SCJ DOT COM]
>Sent:  Thursday, 17 April, 1997 7:27AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: Netware 4.11 backup taking extremely long
>
>On the server, take a look at you Cache Hit Pct, if its below 97%, I
>would increase the BUFPOOLSIZE.  Also investigage the TXNGROUPMAX
>option.  Also, are you going to disk or directly to tape?  Are there
>any other ADSM processes running, like migration or reclamation?
>
>On the client side, determine if you have ADSM compression on and
>evaluate whether it's buying you anything (If you have Netware
>compression turned on, you probably don't need ADSM compression).  The
>TXNBYTELIMT option (which goes along with the TXNGROUPMAX option on the
>server) may help your throughput also. Especially if you have a lot of
>small files.
>
>
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>From: ADSM-L(a)VM.MARIST.EDU; Naveed(u)Mustafa(a)MCKINSEY.COM
>To: ADSM-L(a)VM.MARIST.EDU
>Subject: Netware 4.11 backup taking extremely long
>Date: Wednesday, April 16, 1997 1:51PM
>
>Hi there,
>
>We started to backup our Pentium 100MHz with 192MB memory Netware 4.11
>server to ADSM last night at 8:00 P.M.  The estimated data on the server is
>about 40GB and so far only 15GB of data has been backed up in 19 hours.
>The ADSM server is at version 2.1.0.12 and is running on an AIX 3.2.5
>machine.
>
>Any suggestion as to what parameters need to be fixed on either the server
>or netware's dsm.opt file?
>
>Thanks for any suggestion and comments,
>Naveed.
>