Diana,

At the start of the backup session the server sends a list of all
'current' files to the client.  If, on the client, the
RESOURCEUTILIZATION parameter is set to a number greater than 2 then the
task of processing the list may be split over a number of processes (and
the task of backing-up the changed files could then be split over an
even larger number of processes).

This would be one way of improving the speed of the backup processing on
your client.

Steffan

"Diana J.Cline" wrote:
>
> Thanks so far for the information that you have given me this morning.  I have
> another question.
>
> Suppose my client has a total of 1000 files.  My nightly backups usually only
> find 1 file to backup that has been new/changed/deleted.  What is happening to
> each of the other 999 files during the backup?
>
> I'm assuming that the MASTER LIST of these 1000 files, their creation, modifiy
> date, # of generations kept, how many there currently are, etc. are kept in 
> the
> TSM Server Database.   If we watch an incremental backup, via the GUI, we are
> seeing that for this client the COMPARE time is horrible.  It takes FOREVER to
> get to the file to be backed up.
>
> The compare: is it the client who sends an updated list to the server or does
> the server send yesterdays list to the client?  Where is this information
> processed? On the Server or the client?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> _____________________________
> Diana Cline
> Ross Products Division
> 614 / 624-3788