ADSM-L

Re: TSM causing client disk contention

2005-04-25 17:57:12
Subject: Re: TSM causing client disk contention
From: "Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:56:54 -0500
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski
>We have a couple of clients here (Sun, Windows) who have 
>noticed dramatic
>slowdowns on their application servers when TSM incremental backups
>run.  Has anyone developed mechanisms to address this? TIA

Two possibilities:

1. Time your backups so that they don't run concurrently with peak app
times.
2. Increase RAM and processor power.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
Office 262.521.5627