I am trying to use the QuickFacts/Wiki information for setting up a backup
schedule that will work for laptops. (See
http://www.tsmwiki.com/tsmwiki/BackupLaptopComputers? ). It says to set up
a schedule with a 24 hour start window, then have the client use polling
and assumes the default 20 minute retryperiod.

Will this still work within the client RETRYPERIOD if RANDOMIZE is set on
the server?

My question arises from this line of thought: We have RANDOMIZE set to 30.
If the server assigns a laptop a start time of 8:00am, and the client
connects at 6:00am and disconnects at 7:00am, the schedule will be missed,
right?  However, if the client connects anytime after it assigned random
start time, the backup should run when TSM connects, which with be within
RETRYPERIOD of the network connection becoming active. Am I understanding
this right?


Nancy Reeves
Technical Support, Wichita State University
Nancy.Reeves AT wichita DOT edu          316-978-3860