the incremental backup took a long time to complete the process not same as
before, see the details below:

02 11:11:23 Total number of objects inspected:  498,544
02 11:11:23 Total number of objects backed up:       96
02 11:11:23 Total number of objects updated:          2
02 11:11:23 Total number of objects rebound:          0
02 11:11:23 Total number of objects deleted:          2
02 11:11:23 Total number of objects failed:          12
02 11:11:23 Total number of bytes transferred:     1.21 GB
02 11:11:23 Data transfer time:                  119.12 sec
02 11:11:23 Network data transfer rate:        10,714.47 KB/sec
02 11:11:23 Aggregate data transfer rate:         32.27 KB/sec
02 11:11:23 Objects compressed by:                    0%
02 11:11:23 Elapsed processing time:           10:59:11

from the dsmched.log, it contains several entries of this messages:

01/20/2002 02:17:46 ANS1898I ***** Processed    88,000 files *****
01/20/2002 02:18:49 ANS1898I ***** Processed    88,500 files *****
01/20/2002 02:18:49 ANS1898I ***** Processed    89,000 files *****
01/20/2002 02:19:52 ANS1898I ***** Processed    89,500 files *****
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01/20/2002 xx:xx:xx ANS1898I ***** Processed    nn,nnn files *****


what was the cause of this?

any help from you is really appreciated, regards

Zosi Noriega