Prior to 3.1.2.40 there was a problem with expiration not working properly.
You probably have a lot of data out there that should have been expired and
was not. I would imagine that is your problem. When I upgraded to 3.1.2.40
expiration ran for what seemed forever. It seems to have caught up now.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Trevor Foley
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:28 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: TSM 3.7 Upgrade
>
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> We did our first TSM V3.7 upgrade last weekend and have not seen
> the problem that you describe. However, we went straight to
> 3.7.3.0. So far I have been quite pleased with this release. I've
> uncovered no problems with the TSM server itself, only with some
> of our locally developed procedures.
>
>
> Trevor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Bestow [mailto:paul.bestow AT PHOENIXSM DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday,17 May 2000 20:22
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: TSM 3.7 Upgrade
>
>
> Hello Everybody,
>                  After upgrading an ADSM Server from 3.1.2.20 to TSM 3.7.1
> when the command Expire Inventory runs this now puts the CPU up to 100%
> utilised and completely slows down the whole system.  Before the upgrade
> this process ran fine and on a new install of 3.7.1 this process also runs
> fine.  Has anyone had the same problem or can anyone please help?
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
>
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