I backup roughly 45 netware servers ranging from v5.1 to 6.5.  The
client version is 5.2.2.3 on all of them currently, as I've had no need
to move to 5.2.3.  The TSM server is 5.2.2.2.  I've got mixes of tsa500,
tsa600, and tsafs depending on the OS version.  The only one I've ever
had any problem with is tsafs, and even that has cleared up in the
lastest couple service packs.  If tsafs is giving you trouble, the key
is to limit how much cache memory that tsafs is allowed to allocate.
This configuration can be done via commandline switches is smsstart.ncf,
or through iManager under the "SMS" heading.  The setting is called
"Cache Memory Threshold".  I would suggest starting with a value of 10,
and moving progressively down to 1, until it stops causing problems.
The higher you can keep it, the better performance will be.


Troy Frank
Network Services
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
608.829.5384

>>> Peter_Hadikin AT BCIT DOT CA 10/8/2004 1:23:07 PM >>>
Hello everybody,

Netware seems to be the one environment where I find the stars need to
be aligned properly for everything to work for backups and restores. I
am wondering what version of TSM client and what versions of
TSAFS/TSA600/SMDR everybody is using out there for both Netware 6 and
Netware 6.5 servers. Anybody have any thoughts or recommendations?

Have a super weekend,
Peter
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