Tom,

Having just gone through a similar scenario 2 weeks ago, here was my
very non-technical fix:

(me) "Hello, end-user?  I'm not going to be able to get your 800GB of
data restored in 2 hours like you want.  Care to narrow down the restore
to what you really need?"
(end-user)  "Oh.  Well, we really only need the 10GB of data in the xxxx
and yyyy directories to run the important stuff."
(me)  "Ok, done."

Maybe this wont apply to you, in which case the monthly image backup
seems like a good suggestion.

Good luck,

Steve Schaub
Systems Engineer, WNI
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Kauffman, Tom
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:40 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Looking for suggestions to speed up restore for a
Windows server

We had our fall D/R hotsite test last week and all went well -- except
for the recovery of our primary Windows 2003 file sharing system. It
just takes WAY too long.

Part of the problem is the sheer number of files/directories per drive
-- I'm working with the Intel/Windows admin group to try some changes
when we swap this system out in November.

Part of the problem is that the directory structure is scattered over a
mass of other backups. I'm looking for suggestions on this.

The system is co-located by drive, but only for five of the nine logical
drives on the system. I may have to bite the bullet and run all nine
logical drives through co-location.

Is there any way to force the directory structure for a given drive to
the same management class/storage pool as the data? I'm thinking I may
have finally come up with a use for a second domain, with the default
management class being the one that does co-location by drive. If I go
this route -- how do I migrate all of the current data? Export/Import?
How do I clean up the off-site copies? Delete volume/backup storage
pool?

I'm on TSM Server 5.3.2.0, with a 5.3 (not sure of exact level) client.

TIA

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc
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