Thanks for the reply Mark. That isn't the case here - I only have three
NetWare servers that are running in a cluster - the other 20 or so are
standalone, and all are exhibiting the problem.

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Kevin Kinder

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:15 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] NetWare Client full backups running when
incremental is selected

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Kevin P. Kinder
> Server:  TSM running on z/OS 1.7
>              Just upgraded to 5.5
> My NetWare clients are now running full backups instead of the
> incrementals which are specified. It looks as if every Netware server
> that I have is doing this. Obviously, this is killing my disk and tape
> storage space. This is happening on client versions from 5.2-5.4

Are your NetWare boxes running in a clustered environment? If so, you
may have a situation where NetWare changes a file attribute on every
file on every cluster disk that gets moved from one node to another.
When the attribute gets changed, TSM sees it as a changed file and backs
it up again.

I ran across this issue a year or so ago at a customer site. I don't
know the details (the NetWare admin was fiercely protective of his
environment and wasn't forthcoming with help). If this is the case, the
issue lay with NetWare, not TSM.
 
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Mark Stapleton
Berbee (a CDW company)
System engineer
7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140
Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511
763-592-5963
www.berbee.com