I tried the trace but didn't get any output from it.  Here are the
statements I used:

testflag instrument:detail
testflag instrument:api

I see the dsminstr.report file but it has 0 bytes in it.

Ralph

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Dave Canan
Sent: July 12, 2004 5:18 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: slow running windows 2000 client backup


Ralph - I work in IBM TSM performance support. Please get a client
instruction trace as Richard suggests for this problem and post it to
the
listserver. I can take a look at it.


At 01:16 PM 7/12/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a windows 2000 clients (v5 sp 4 build 2195) running tsm 5.1.7
>who's incremental backup never ends.  Using the timestamps next to
>message:  ANS1898I , it is taking between 5 minutes and 1 hour to parse
>through 500 files.  I have 100+ other servers that take about 2/100 of
a
>second to pass through 500 files.
>
>Tried rebooting the client and ran performance monitor.  Neither helped
>or showed any problems.
>
>Here is the bad server:
>
>07/11/2004 14:23:08 ANS1898I ***** Processed   194,500 files *****
>07/11/2004 14:25:17 ANS1898I ***** Processed   195,000 files *****
>07/11/2004 14:34:18 ANS1898I ***** Processed   195,500 files *****
>07/11/2004 15:16:52 ANS1898I ***** Processed   196,000 files *****
>
>Here is a typical server:
>
>07/04/2004 21:45:02 ANS1898I ***** Processed   649,000 files *****
>07/04/2004 21:45:05 ANS1898I ***** Processed   649,500 files *****
>07/04/2004 21:45:08 ANS1898I ***** Processed   650,000 files *****
>07/04/2004 21:45:10 ANS1898I ***** Processed   650,500 files *****
>
>Does anyone have any ideas?  The usual questions have been asked (what
>changed?) but we still come up blank.
>
>Thanks,
>Ralph

Dave Canan
TSM Performance
IBM Advanced Technical Support
ddcanan AT us.ibm DOT com