You can obtain the total size from the Search Results window by
selecting the modified files, right-click, hit Properties.  Just be sure
you only select modified files, not folders, otherwise the size and
count will be inflated with the size/count of the folders' contents.

-Ken Mueller

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Thomas Denier
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:16 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Forecasting Windows client workloads


People who want TSM coverage for new systems at our site are asked
to provide reasonably accurate estimates for the following:

1.Aggregate size of files on the system
2.Number of files on the system
3.Aggregate size of files that will be backed up each day
3.Number of files that will be backed up each day

Nobody has a problem with number 1, but Windows administrators are
constantly complaining about how difficult it is to obtain the other
three. Some of them insist that it is impossible to obtain this
information.

So far, the least ugly option I have found for counting files on a
volume is to open a command line window, change to the root folder,
and execute the following command:

dir /s | find "File(s)"

The Search facility on the Start menu can search for files modified
within a day, which should give a reasonable idea of what daily
backups will look like. The result windows lists the modified files
and reports the number of files. Size information is shown for each
file listed, but the sum of the sizes is not calculated automatically,
and the window seems to have been designed so that it is impossible
to transfer the size information to another program.

Are there better ways for Windows administrators to get the
information we are asking for?