Make sure your on the latest client!  We are running server 3.0 for MVS.  I
just moved my NetWare servers over from ARCserve and I used the client that
came with the 3.0 CD.  I had the same problem.  As soon as I plugged in the
new client, my server quadrupled in speed.

Mike


Michael Chang
Senior Network Engineer
Webcraft, Inc.
215.997.5226
mchang AT webcraft DOT com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Lindsay Morris
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 2:00 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: restore to netware 3.2 very very slow
>
>
> Dan, you might want to look at the dsmaccnt.log file in the server
> directory.
> Sorry, it's not user-friendly - but it will tell you where the
> bottleneck is.
> The file layout is in the admin guide - look up dsmaccnt.log in the
> index.
>
> Find the record for the session that is slow (the session has to end
> before dsmaccnt will have a record) and pull the fields for total
> seconds, commwait seconds, idlewait seconds, and mediawait seconds.
> Some light should start to dawn then, as to why it's so slow.
>
> much idlewait: the client is taking a long time to figure something
> out.  it's not asking for data.
> much mediawait: tapes aren't getting mounted in a timely manner, or lots
> of tapes are getting mounted repeatedly.
> much commwait: normal to see 20-70% - you AIX server is faster than your
> network card.  But if it's 95%, well, ftp a file between the two and see
> what kind of speed reading ftp gives you (ie, with TSM  out of the
> picture entirely).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "Kronstadt, Dan" wrote:
> >
> > Not trying to be argumentative, but that's not much of an
> answer for someone
> > who needs to do a large novell restore of thousands (or hundreds of
> > thousands) of files. Vendors with server based software and
> hardware claim
> > rates of 10+ gig an hour - chicj what I see from ADSM for large database
> > restores in NT. And thats the service level our users expect/want/need.
> >
> > Dan Kronstadt
> > Warner Bros.
> > Burbank, CA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: arhoads [mailto:arhoads AT PACBELL DOT NET]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 7:23 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: restore to netware 3.2 very very slow
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Any restore from DLT tends to be slow unless you have colocation turned
> > on (and a large supply of scratch tapes) or have very few clients
> > sharing the storage pool.  You are probably dealing with large numbers
> > of small files which also slows-down restore speed.
> >
> > Steffan
> >
> > david de leeuw wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi ADSM experts
> > >
> > > After running ADSM for two years with just incidental
> restores, we have to
> > > restore a complete Netware 3.2 server from scratch (12 GB disk).
> > >
> > > I started this morning and now (11 hours later) about 30 % of
> the restore
> > > is done.
> > >
> > > This seems to be very very slow indeed. The server is AIX, 4.2, ADSM
> > > 3.1.2.50, 128 MB, the client a pentium Novell 3.2 with 64 MB.
> Tape drives
> > > are DLT TZ88.
> > >
> > > The tape lights on the tape drives are flashing only every now and
> > > then.
> > >
> > > Most of the time the "in use" is steady on. Novell indicates a
> > > light load on the processor.
> > >
> > > The network is state-of-the art switched (10 MB/s).
> > >
> > > The tapes are set to compression. We have "compression off" at the
> > > client but the older backups might have beeen done with
> compression on.
> > > (Running backups is much much faster)
> > >
> > > I can't figure out why this restore takes forever.
> > >
> > > Any ideas ?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
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> Gresham Enterprise Storage
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