I'm not familiar with v2, but on v3 we are using buffer sizes from 32 MB
(OS/390) to 128 MB (AIX). 1 MB sounds small to me.

How much was your db growing the last years? A large db with much
inactive data will slow the system.

Regards

Roger Hohmann

Marita Gonsalves schrieb:
>
> Hello all,
> I've run into a problem and I want to make sure that the cause is not ADSM
> before I involve anyone else on this.  Background info:  NT 4.0 environment,
> running ADSM server ver. 2 backing up  24 servers.  Running ADSM client ver.
> 3 on 4 servers.
>
> I've noticed that the cahce hit pecrent keeps dropping gradually over a
> period of time.  The only way I can fix this is stopping and starting the
> ADSM server.  I have increased database buffer pool, per the ADSM manual
> suggestion, from 512KB to 1014KB.  The cache hit percent is currently at 77%
> (I stopped and started the service 2days ago).  The cache wait pct is 0.
> The total buffer requests are very high considering I just reset the buffer
> pool two days ago:114,983,514.
>
> When inventory expiration runs, I've noticed that it takes anywhere from 5 -
> 8 hours to run.  In the past it never took more than 1.5 - 2 hours to run.
>
> Another anomaly: scheduled backups start at 2 a.m. in the morning.  When I
> come in at 8:30 a.m. one or two of the clients running ADSM ver. 3 client is
> still in process.  In the past, the backups were done by 6 a.m.  No, data
> has not increased.  In fact, the summer is our  slow time and backups should
> be going a lot faster since the traffic on most of the servers is limited.
> School starts in two weeks and I shudder to think what it will be like if I
> don't find a fix for this problem.
>
> Can anyone tell me what the problem is?  I want to be able to pre-empt any
> problem before it gets out of control.  I want to be sure that this is not
> an ADSM problem before I start looking at the network.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks,
>
> Marita Gonsalves
> IS Consultant
> Cary Academy
> 919-677-1946 x4555

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