Andrew
        you haven't mentioned if you are version 2 or 3. Are you
restoring using inactive files ? If so and you are version 2, that can
add considerable time to the restore process. Since you are now doing
the restore in smaller chunks, have you considered doing mutiple
restores?

Regards
Laurie de Mamiel
Woodside Offshore Petroleum

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schauerte, Andrew P (NM75)
> [SMTP:andrew.schauerte AT DAS.HONEYWELL DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 8:09 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Restoring Unix Partitions
>
> ADSM Users,
>
> I have been restoring 26GB of data from an AIX server to a SUN 2.5.1
> system
> since Sunday Afternoon.  It spent around 26 hours examining files and
> the
> process died- no file was restored.  I the process again, but this
> time
> restoring smaller chunks( by directory tree-  someone has to sit at
> the
> station all night to start each manual process).  It is now Wednesday-
> late
> afternoon.   I have talked with ADSM Tech support at length.  There
> has
> been no definite answers to the problem.  IBM tech's came into our
> facility
> and set the system up.  They knew our network and the amount of data
> needed
> to be backed up - so is it normal for this restore to be taking this
> long?
>   I don't think so.  I have several folks wanting to send ADSM back
> and get
> a refund. Has anyone else experienced poor performance problems
> restoring
> to a SUN Enterprise Server?  I am curious.
>
>                         Andy