Len - I am very interested in this feature too.  I expect it
to eliminate the download from the server which takes a lot of
cpu.

I downloaded the client and tried journal backup to a 4.1.2 test
server and it didn't work.  I called in a problem report; the answer
from Tivoli is that even though the winnt/2k client manual doesn't
explicitly say that a 4.2 level server is required, that is the case.
So if you want to test journalled backups, order the 4.2 server upgrade
asap.

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Bill Colwell
Bill Colwell
C. S. Draper Lab
Cambridge, Ma.
bcolwell AT draper DOT com
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In <01187.183329SNOLEN AT vm.sas DOT com>, on 07/09/01
In <01187.183329SNOLEN AT vm.sas DOT com>, on 07/09/01
   at 10:34 AM, Len Boyle <SNOLEN AT VM.SAS DOT COM> said:

>Hello

>Here is a small extract from the ann letter on the new tsm 4.2 product.
>This sounds like a great new feature.
>Is there anyone that can expand on the new windows Journal based backups?




>        WINDOWS ENHANCEMENTS
>        JOURNAL-BASED BACKUPS -- TSM client journaling improves
> overall incremental backup performance for Windows NT and Windows
> 2000 clients.  Performance is improved because the files to be backed
> up are tracked in a journal.  Journal-based backups eliminate the
> need for the client to scan the local file system or query the server
> to determine which files to process.  It also reduces network traffic
> between the client and server.


>Thanks len boyle