dan

Include the parameter "compressalways no" in your dsm.opt file(s).  The
effect of this is that when *m sees that a file is growing during
compression, it aborts the send, then restarts the same file without
compression.

We also recommend the parameter "nwignorecompressbit yes" for netware 4
servers.  This stops the problems seen when a user (usually accounts)
accesses last years data - netware uncompresses the files and changes the
compression bit, so they all get backed up again

dave
"on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."


> ----------
> From:         Dann Fred[SMTP:Dann.Fred AT PMLMAIL DOT COM]
> Sent:         05 January 2000 13:26
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      ADSM - Negative Compression Percentage
>
>   I am using ADSM on OS/390(v1.3) to backup 3 Novell Netware Servers
> (v4.11) and
> for some reason I keep getting a negative compression percentage.  Can
> anybody
> tell me why this is happening and how I can stop it.  I could turn
> compression
> off completely but with the amount of data were backing up I would like to
> keep
> it on.
>
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END NF2BKDLY 01/04/2000
> 22:00:00
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN NF2BKDLY 01/04/2000
> 22:00:00
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of objects inspected:  381,727
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of objects backed up:    3,157
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of objects updated:          0
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of objects rebound:          0
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of objects deleted:      1,622
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of objects failed:           0
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Total number of bytes transferred:     5.07 GB
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Data transfer time:                10,461.39 sec
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Network data transfer rate:          508.98 KB/sec
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Aggregate data transfer rate:        323.83 KB/sec
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Objects compressed by:                  -29%
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Elapsed processing time:           04:34:02
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END NF2BKDLY 01/04/2000
> 22:00:00
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Scheduled event 'NF2BKDLY' completed successfully.
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Sending results for scheduled event 'NF2BKDLY'.
> 01/05/2000 02:31:43 Results sent to server for scheduled event 'NF2BKDLY'.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Fred Dann
> Penn Mutual Life
>
>
>
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