From: Peter Thomas on 06/10/97 07:26 PM
What this is saying is that the compression algorithim being used by ADSM
has caused the file to grow in size, and ADSM decides to retransmit the
file to the server without compressing it! (It's a bit annoying, in that it
can have a fairly large effect on the amount of data being sent by the
client machine to the server)... If only the option existed to tell ADSM to
"Even IF this file grows, send the compressed data!". (I though that the
client option COMPRESSALWAYS YES would have that effect; the documentation
says it only applies to API clients! ...)


Peter Thomas
Manulife Financial
Phone: (416)963-7371
Fax: (416)926-5454




From: RizzoM @ MAIL.DEC.COM on 10/06/97 05:10 PM AST

Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU

To:   ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU
cc:    (bcc: ADSM)
Subject:  Compressed Data Grew




ADSM Folks,

Can anyone tell me why I keep getting the message,
"Compressed Data Grew" when trying to incrementally
backup a file that I know is NOT changing? Since I have
the retries set to two, it will eventually successfully
backup the file. These files average 600MB in size, so
an unnecessary retry really slows things down.
Any suggestions??

The file system is static and the file modification
date is several weeks old. I'm running AIX 4.1.4 and
ADSM v2.1.5.10. I'm backing up files from a Solaris
5.5 system.


Thanks,
Mark Rizzo
DOD