From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Wayne Gorton
> I've been thinking about the time it take s to unload and load a TSM DB.

Do yourself a favor. Don't.

There is no evidence that unloading and loading a TSM database has lasting
benefit. There is only anecdotal evidence that it has any benefit at all;
most of those who have done it have found that the database puts itself
right back where it was within a few weeks.

TSM's database really is self-tuning, folks. If you do a truly massive
expiration, there seems to be some unbalance of the tree, but even that
seems to fix itself within a few days. It is certainly not worth being
offline for 24 to 36 hours.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Certified TSM consultant
Certified AIX system engineer
MCSE