> Any one know anything about this ...

Microsoft's solution to "DLL-hell". You can check with Microsoft on this,
or consult a non-authoritative source such as Wikipedia.

> ... and how to avoid its effects?

a) Hardware deduplication in your TSM server storage.

b) TSM deduplication (6.1 and up for server-side, 6.2 for client-side)

c) Progressive incremental backup of the system state's System Writer
component (TSM 6.2 client, compatible with TSM version 5.5 and 6.1 servers)

(a), (b) and (c) help reduce TSM server storage requirements.

(c) also helps reduce impact to the TSM server database.

Best regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager


The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 2010-06-10
14:29:57:

> From: Fred Johanson <Fred AT UCHICAGO DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Date: 2010-06-10 14:33
> Subject: Win Server 2008 question
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>
> One of the Windoze admins was holding forth, loudly, about a feature
> of WinServer2008, a folder called winsxs, window side by side, which
> metastasizes rapidly across the /WINDOWS directory.  He says it
> can't be removed.  If he's worried, I'm worried about how much extra
> storage I'm putting on TSM.
>
> Any one know anything about this and how to avoid its effects?
>
>
> Fred Johanson
> TSM Administrator
> University of Chicago
>
> 773-702-8464