Hi Rodney

we use successfully the following since 2 years:
(for each Volume at the NAS server sznas01 we have a construct like the
example "data1")

Content of dsm_a.opt  
NODENAME                SZNAS01_A
* EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[A-E]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[F-J]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[K-O]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[P-T]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[U-Z0-9$]*

Content of dsm_b.opt
NODENAME                SZNAS01_B
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[A-E]*
*EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[F-J]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[K-O]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[P-T]*
EXCLUDE.DIR \\sznas01\tsmdata1$\[U-Z0-9$]*

....
so we have 5 TSM-nodes at one NT machine defined.
The advantage is that you don't have that big volumes to backup and recover
from one TSM-node.

We are able do do a full incremental of all volumes of our filer within 24
hours to TSM 5.2 @ MVS. (8 M+ objects 3 TByte Size)

Kind regards
Stefan Holzwarth


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rh [mailto:rh_info_store AT YAHOO DOT COM]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Mai 2004 18:17
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: Command line equivalent for GUI
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm backing up a NAS device with 1M+ files. As other
> posts indicate, the only way to get any performance in
> this setup is to split the file backups across
> multiple sessions. In my case I have two backup hosts,
> each running two backup streams. I can start each of
> the four backup streams using the GUI and selecting
> appropriate folders. A kind of load balancing is
> achieved by picking an appropriate mix of folders for
> each backup stream. Each backup runs in a few hours
> each stream processing a subset of the 1M files.
> 
> My problem is I can't figure out how to accomplish the
> same thing using the command line and associated
> include/excludes. I'd like to schedule the four
> streams to run the same way, each with an appropriate
> set of folders/files to process. It would be wonderful
> if I could somehow see how this is accomplished via
> the GUI, as I can't seem to get the same behavior
> using commands. Each combination I have tried always
> results in each backup stream processing/scanning all
> of the 1M files! This takes way too many hours and
> doesn't provide the same parallel behavior I get when
> running the GUI. How can I limit each stream to
> processes only the files/folders I desire without
> scanning everything; the same way as the GUI seems to
> function?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Rodney Hroblak
> ADP
> 
> 
> 
> 
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