Hi Roger,

>>> We have found that when there is a large change of data (over 2
gig's) on a Novell Server, the scheduled job looks at the files,
compares to the
include/exclude list and then starts the incremental backup. By the time
it reaches certain files, they might have been deleted. (ie. user
deletes a document on a shared drive) TSM continually tries to find the
file, errors out and then tries over and over again. A backup job that
takes normally 30 minutes now goes on for over 12 hours until we cancel
the session from the server. <<<

I would test the option MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP on your server. The backup
operation probably will take more time to complete, but the incr command
looks at the files directory by directory.

Are there any Retry-Errors written into the log? If yes, you may want to
look at the option CHANGINGRETRIES as well.

Best Regards,
Wolfgang Bayrhof