Re: What sched mode to use in Novell?

We've had major improvement in reliability since moving to the DSMCAD
method for scheduling.

David Longo wrote:
>
> If DSMC sched works for you then use it.  Main thing on Novell is
> that with large amount of files, we found that dsmc sched would
> cause problems mainly because resources (memory) were not
> freed up when backup finished.  Using DSMCAD solves this
> problem as it unloads the scheduler after each backup completes.
>
> A lot of general recommendations can always be subject
> to YMMV!
>
> David B. Longo
> System Administrator
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>
> >>> flhou AT NETVAULTING DOT COM 06/25/03 03:27AM >>>
> Hi all
>
> I would like to hear your opinion on how to schedule your backupjobs in 
> Novell - as far as I see it, there are 2 ways to do it...:
>
>   - 1: using the DSMCAD together with the MANAGEDSERVICES SCHEDULE WEBCLIENT 
> in the DSM.OPT... as far as I can tell the way Tivoli recommend... But I have 
> had some problems with it so?
>
>   - 2: Using the DSMC SCHED, never had problems so far... but not the 
> recommended method!
>
> So what to do? What is your experiences? And some good reasons for using 
> DSMCAD?
>
> Regards
> Flemming
>
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