Absolutely critical to TSM system performance. I had a "TSM Server" group 
created on the AV management server that excludes these as well as my adsm.sys 
folder. That allows me to just add any new TSM servers to the group and not 
have to worry about individual server policies. At first the AV admin cried, 
but I explained that if his software is doing its job then the data should 
already be scanned when I receive it :) !

~Rick 
Jax-FL


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Xav Paice
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:46 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM server and anti-virus software

----- "Wanda Prather" <wPrather AT ICFI DOT COM> wrote:
>
> Found this recommendation from TSM support:
>
>
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21367186&myns=swgtiv&my
> np=OCSSSQWC&mynp=OCSSGSG7&mync=R
>
>
>
> Now can somebody give me a helping hand on what that means I need to
> do
> for a Windows 6.1.3.1 server with Norton Anti-virus -
>
>
>
> Should I create exclusions for the disk pool files under Configure >
> Filesystem AutoProtect > Options > Exclude Selected Files and
> Folders?
> Am I warm?  Am I missing anything?
>
>

Absolutely on the button.  As the article says, ensure the various locations or 
individual files are all excluded from real time scanning, and watch as the 
performance of your server improves.

In general, exclude the directories for logs and database (since you won't want 
to specify each one individually unless you have a lot of time on your hands) 
and if you really want to you can specify files for storage pool volumes, or a 
common extension if you use one.  Just don't specify C:\Windows\System32 as a 
directory exclusion ;)