I made the tcpip performance changes to the dsm.opt and I am still getting slow 
transfer times.  I tested via ftp and was able to tranfer 40,000 files in a few 
minutes.  So it appears that the TSM client is still not working.

here are the stats from my last selective backup:

Total number of objects inspected:      600                                     
Total number of objects backed up:      600                                     
Total number of objects updated:          0                                     
Total number of objects rebound:          0                                     
Total number of objects deleted:          0                                     
Total number of objects expired:          0                                     
Total number of objects failed:           0                                     
Total number of bytes transferred:   230.73 KB                                  
Data transfer time:                    0.00 sec                                 
Network data transfer rate:            0.00 KB/sec                              
Aggregate data transfer rate:          0.21 KB/sec                              
Objects compressed by:                    0%                                    
Elapsed processing time:           00:18:06                                     

here is the new improved dsm.opt

COMMMETHOD              TCPip
TCPSERVERADDRESS        catamount
TCPPORT                 1500
tcpclientaddress        xxx.xx.x.xxx

txnbytelimit            25600
tcpbuffsize             32
tcpwindowsize           63

largecommbuffers                yes
processorutilization    15

MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP   no

NODENAME                  novell_test

INCLUDE sys:...\* tape9940
INCLUDE extravol1:...\* tape9940

EXCLUDE          sys:\system\secaudit.log
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\events.log
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\system.log
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\btrieve.trn
EXCLUDE          SYS:\system\tsa\err$hst.*
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\tsa\err$log.*
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\tsa\skip$log.*
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\tsa\tsa$temp.*
EXCLUDE          sys:\system\sys$log.err
EXCLUDE          sys:\_swap_.mem
EXCLUDE          sys:\vol$log.err
EXCLUDE          sys:\tts$log.err
NWPWFILE YES
passwordaccess generate
managedservices schedule webclient

Thanks for any help.

Stephen Firmes 
TSM Engineer
Tivoli Certified TSM Consultant
StorageNetworks, Inc
Work:  781-622-6287
http://www.storagenetworks.com