The first time is always a bear.  Like all ADSM backups, BACKUP STGPOOL
is incremental.  Hence, the first time through, it's really a full.  Now,
be sure to backup the stgpools every day, and it will be rather painless.

Rich

At 03:20 PM 5/25/99 +0200, Clarence Beukes wrote:
>Hi There.............
>
>I have a customer who is running ADSM V3 server on AIX, connected to a
>MAGSTAR 3575 with 3570 drives. They ran stgpool backups(15GIG/8mmtape) and
>it took +/- 9 hours. Is this timeframe normal, or can the copy be a bit
>faster by changing any parameters?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>   Have a nice day
>   Clarence Beukes
>   IT Specialist (Storage Solutions)
>   IBM Product Support Services
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>
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>again."
>
>

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