You noticed the system object includes stuff you would think it should not,
also.  I cannot remember, but I think they discussed this issue at Share and
the need to perform incremental "object" checking for the objects in the
system object.  If they did that, then I think the problem will go away.
The system object has been a real pain.

I also found out today that the 4.2.2.12 patch includes the CLEANUP
BACKUPGROUPS command.  I have been running it off and on for 3 days now.
Boy is it waxing a bunch of stuff.  We did not know how bad we had the
system object problem.

I am hoping they will consider including a correction to this uncontrolled
growth area.  One thing for sure we have implemented a management class for
the system object so that it will get trimmed.

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Purdy [mailto:PURDYM AT FIPD.GC DOT CA]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 2:57 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: WIN2k Clients Backing up Executables ALL THE TIME


Hi folks,

TSM Server 5.1.1.6 (was 4.1.1 but behavior is the same) (on AIX 4.3.3) TSM
Windows Client 5.1.1.5 (was 4.2.1 but behavior is the same) Windows W2K SP2

My problem is that the W2K clients are always backing up a whack of .exe's
and .dll's. The reason that it is backing them up is that the modified
date/time keeps getting updated. Interestingly enough, the time seems to be
when the TSM schedule starts! These files are obviously not changing.

The other thing is it seems to be backing up the files as system objects and
not files. If I run 'dsmc inc c:', it backs up about 10mb. If I run 'dsmc
inc' it backs up around 800mb.

Any ideas?

Miles


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Miles Purdy
System Manager
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
Information Systems Team,
Farm Income Programs Directorate
Winnipeg, MB, CA
purdym AT fipd.gc DOT ca
ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557

"If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C?"
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