Well, you are right the other drives should be 
available for use.  Is this in an SSO configuration?

NBU rev? and Patch Level?

David

Quoting Ravi Channavajhala 
<ravi.channavajhala AT csfb DOT com>:

> Here are my settings...
> 
> Max Jobs/Class = 99
> Max MPX = 10
> MPX/Drive = 32
> Max Jobs/Client = 16
> 
> -ravi
> 
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David A. Chapa wrote:
> 
> david>What's the max jobs/class on your particular 
class?
> david>
> david>what about the max jobs/client (global 
attribute 
> david>[default is 1] or may be changed for individual 
clients 
> david>using the bpclient command).
> david>
> david>Also what about the MPX on your schedule? 
> david>
> david>All of these numbers will factor in to the 
number of 
> david>streams you ultimately get running to your 
storage 
> david>units.
> david>
> david>-David
> david>
> david>Quoting Ravi Channavajhala 
> david><ravi.channavajhala AT csfb DOT com>:
> david>
> david>> Hi all,
> david>>
> david>> I recently activated MPX on one of my 
classes, it is 
> david>for
> david>> daily incremental and has 12 servers in it.  
What I 
> david>noticed
> david>> is when this class kicks in, the no.of drives 
being 
> david>actually
> david>> utilized is only 5.  OK, with MPX factor, I 
> david>understand that
> david>> this may use less drives than may be 
available.
> david>>
> david>> What I dont understand is, any backups 
scheduled 
> david>while this
> david>> class actively backing up, they all get 
queued up 
> david>rather than
> david>> utilizing the remaining drives.  The other 
class has 
> david>also
> david>> MPX factor.  I'm at a loss to understand how 
and why 
> david>MPX
> david>> schedules and why these jobs are getting 
queued up, 
> david>eventhough
> david>> the drives are available.  Appreciate any 
answers.
> david>>
> david>> -ravi
> david>>
> david>> 
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