I've also found both the java and windows consoles slow. I am pretty much 
now a convert to bpadm.

Do either the java or windows consoles have the option xbpadm had where you 
could launch it and see what commands it runs to get it's information?

thanks
Perry

>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com [mailto:scott.kendall AT abbott 
> DOT com]
>       Sent: Mon 1/20/2003 5:24 PM
>       To: Lowell Fafard
>       Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>       Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgraded to 4.5
>
>
>
>       It looks like the difference is the slow wan links between master and 
>media servers.
>
>       Have you tried closing the topology windows for Activity Monitor and 
>Device Monitor, as mentioned in the previous e-mail, and then refreshing... 
>just curious if that makes a difference.
>
>
>       - Scott
>
>
>
>
>       "Lowell Fafard" <lfafard AT saskpower DOT com>
>
>01/20/2003 03:27 PM
>
>
>
>         To:        scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com
>         cc:        veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>         Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgraded to 4.5
>
>
>
>
>       Hi Scott, how big is your environment?  Do you have a mixture of Media 
>servers?  We have 6 AIX Media Servers, and 14 Windows 2000 Media Servers.  
>The 14 Windows Media Servers are spread all over the place connected with 
>slow wan links.  It seems that everytime I refresh all or move between 
>device monitor and activity monitor it take a ridiculously long amount of 
>time (50 minutes or more).  It is like it tries to go out to every media 
>server and grab it's status, redrawing the topology map, or something!
>
>       We didn't have these issues with 3.4, but then again I used the xbpadm.
>
>       The Java GUI runs fine (as long as I don't use Hummingbird Exceed), it 
> is 
>lightning fast compared to the windows GUI.
>
>       I found this on the support site, it looks like I'm not the only one, 
> I'm 
>not sure if that is good or bad.
>       
> http://news.support.veritas.com/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=article&group=veritas.netbackup.datacenter.english&item=7147&utag=
>
>
>       Thanks
>       Lowell
>
>
>
>       scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com
>
>2003-01-20 10:21 AM
>
>
>        To:        "Lowell Fafard" <lfafard AT saskpower DOT com>
>        cc:        veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>        Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgraded to 4.5
>
>
>
>
>
>       "50 minutes..."!!!  I hope that was supposed to be 5.  Even so, that's 
> a 
>long time.  50 is ridiculous.  If that's the case, I say throw out that 
>2400 baud modem and get cable internet or stop trying to open it from home 
>:-)
>
>       to get rid of the topology map in any of the windows, you have a little 
>icon in the top right corner of each window on the right side.  it will 
>either be a maximize icon, or if you're already maximized, a split icon to 
>go back to 2 windows.  click on the maximize icon for the one you want and 
>the other goes away.
>
>       I'm not sure if doing it this way helps performance, but I don't like 
> the 
>topology window so I don't use it.  It does seem a little faster when you 
>don't use the topology, but I have never actually timed the two to see the 
>difference.
>
>
>       - Scott
>
>
>       "Lowell Fafard" <lfafard AT saskpower DOT com>
>Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>
>01/20/2003 09:54 AM
>
>
>       To:        veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>       cc:
>       Subject:        [Veritas-bu] Upgraded to 4.5
>
>
>
>
>
>
>       Hi Everyone, we just upgraded our environment from 3.4 to 4.5.  So far 
> I'm 
>very disappointed by the performance of the Java GUI and the Windows Remote 
>Administration Console.
>
>       I think the performance problem for the Windows Remote Admin Console is 
>caused by the topology map the GUI draws.  The GUI takes about 50 minutes 
>to start the activity monitor and the devices monitor, but everything else 
>responds ok.  These two areas have the topology map in common,  does anyone 
>know how to disable this topology "feature"?  Or are we stuck with it?
>
>       Thanks
>       Lowell
>
>
>
>
>


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