Tom, we recently published a viewacct script that tells you quickly whether
the problem in the client, the network, or the server.
See http://www.servergraph.com/techtip3.htm,

Our full-bore product also tells you whether your ENTIRE SITE (not just one
node) is suffering most from client slowdowns, network slowdowns, or server
delays.   Download the demo, and it will probably help you find other
problems -- oops, opportunities

Hope this helps.

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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Mr. Lindsay Morris
CEO, Servergraph
www.servergraph.com
859-253-8000 ofc
425-988-8478 fax


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On
> Behalf Of Toma9 Hrouda
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:38 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Performance bottleneck tips
>
>
> Hi TSMers,
>
> I need detect the bottleneck of backup performance of TSM W2K
> client (2xPII
> 450, 640MB RAM). It is working as fileserver (thousands files with general
> size about 45GB). many files are expiring, many are rebounded
> during backup
> so that means increased server load and lowering of backup performance (I
> marked it during monitoring of backup). Some other symptoms
> perhaps suggests
> problem with network card and switch and possible bad detecting of
> connection speed (10/100Mbit), but problem can be at TSM client side too.
> Can I "read out" something from performance statistics at and of backup
> (network transfer rate, aggregate rate, data transfer time ..
> etc.), or from
> development of server/client processor load during backup?
>
> I mean some tips like: " If transfer rate is much higher than aggregate
> rate, problem is on server side ..." (that's only example). Simply, how
> characteristics like TSM server load, connection speed, setting of client
> communication parameters, rebinding files .. etc. can affect backup
> statistic values?
>
> Any suggestion will be appreciated (drowning man plucks at a straw :-)) ).
>
> Many thanks.
> Tom
>