>According to Steven Bridge:
>  ...
>>
>> The final component of the file is always unique and we archive about
>> 1000 files a day.
>> Once archived, the files are deleted from the original directory.
>> The difficulty we face is that the actual retrieve of one of these
>> files takes between 35 and 55 mins regardless of size. The time
>> appears to be taken searching the database. There are several passes
>> with the text ' ANS1899I ***** Examined    21,000 files *****'
>> and similar up to 111,000 files.
>> The command I am using is simply
>> 'retrieve
/nfs/backup-server/stage2/local/E:rs6-svr-21c.ac.uk:__nfs__abc:x:y:z'
>> or similar at the dsmc command prompt.
>
>  I always use te option  -subdir=no  when I want to retrieve/restore a
single
>  file. What's your default setting in the dsm.opt file?
>
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