I guess you could watch dsmadmc -console output and see how long TSM is
taking to respond to the query.
Maybe THAT's the bottleneck.

--------------------
Lindsay Morris
CEO, TSMworks
Tel. 1-859-539-9900
lindsay AT tsmworks DOT com


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Tyree, David <david.tyree AT sgmc DOT org> 
wrote:

> I've watched the task manager server while I'm doing something within
> the Admin Center and I'm not seeing much of a bump at all.
>
> I'm getting a 70% bump on the server when I first log in to admin center
> but it quickly drop down to about 4-5%.
> When I go to modify a client and wait for the processing screen to go
> away I get 40-50% bump on the server when I first hit the modify button
> then it drops down to background noise. While I'm waiting several
> seconds for the processing screen to go away the CPU has already dropped
> down to nothing.
>
> I'm seeing bigger bumps on my local machine but nothing really
> substantially different.
>
> I can't really tell any difference between IE or Firefox.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Lindsay Morris
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 2:34 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] slowness with Storage Manager Admin Center 6.2
>
> You can watch task manager as you issue a request.
> If you see IE (or whatever browser you're using) using low CPU for 10
> seconds, then see it busy as the page loads, the slowness is somewhere
> behind that.
> If you see if busy all 10-15 seconds, then it's your browser, or browser
> settings.  Try Firefox instead of IE; we've seen that make a huge
> difference
> on some web apps.
>
> You can do similar tricks watching task manager on the Admin Center box.
>
> At least you have a repeatable problem.  ;-}
>
> --------------------
> Lindsay Morris
> CEO, TSMworks
> Tel. 1-859-539-9900
> lindsay AT tsmworks DOT com
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Tyree, David <david.tyree AT sgmc DOT org>
> wrote:
>
> >                I'm running a new install of the 6.2.0.0 version of the
> > Storage Manager Admin Center on a VM box. It's loaded on Windows 2008
> R2
> > Standard (64-bit) with a pair of 2.66 GHz CPUs with 4 gig of memory.
> > It's dedicated to TSM support and nothing else is loaded on the
> machine.
> > It's pointed to a pair of separate TSM servers, the production system
> > running 5.5.4.1 and a test system running 6.1.0.0.
> >
> >                According to the product info screen the WebSphere is
> at
> > 7.5.1.0, Java is Standard Edition IBM Corporation 1.5.0, VM is IBM J9
> VM
> > 2.3.
> >
> >                The task manager within the OS says the server is not
> > busy at all and appears to have plenty of available power. The numbers
> > from the ESX server also tell me the box isn't being stressed.
> >
> >                When I go into the webpage for the Admin Center via IE
> > or Firefox on my desktop (or others) it's just painfully slow.  If I
> > want to modify a client node in Client Nodes and Backup Sets tab I
> have
> > to wait for 10-15 seconds for the page to refresh. Then if I make a
> > change then I have to wait several more seconds for another refresh.
> And
> > so on.
> >
> >                It doesn't matter if I'm hitting the production server
> > or the test server, both take 10-15 seconds for something to happen.
> >
> >                I really like the new look of the Admin Center but this
> > is slowness is killing me.
> >
> >                Do I have something wrong here?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David Tyree
> > Interface Analyst
> > South Georgia Medical Center
> > 229.333.1155
> >
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