But then you lose the ability to pass the return code back from the command
scrip to the TSM server for the event. Anyone figured out how to do this on
a Windows platform? Issue several START commands for each storage group and
wait for them to complete and return to highest code back for the event?

Bill Boyer
"I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere." - ???

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Del Hoobler
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:36 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Optimizing Exchange backup/recover?


Hi Matt,

Have you tried backing the storage groups up in parallel?
For example, assuming you have four storage groups, you can start
a separate instance of the Data Protection for Exchange
command-line interface to back up each storage group at the same time.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 09/09/2004
09:19:15 AM:

> Hello all,
>     I have to backup a pair of exchange servers that (windows 2003) that
> each have about 200GB of data.  It is taking over 9 hours to do a FULL
> backup of the servers.  I was wondering what can be done to increase my
> throughput.  I have found /Buffers=    and /Buffersize=  as performance
> options but nothing else.   Are there ways to multithread these backups?
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Matt