Steve,

Your assumption here is exactly right. The amount of data being transfer and
stored within TSM has relevance to whether or not compression is
enabled/disabled on the given client machine.

Cheers

Andy Wilcox
Midrange Services
Aquila Networks Services Ltd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conko, Steven [SMTP:sconko AT ADT DOT COM]
> Sent: 14 July 2003 16:55
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Compressed restore
>
> AIX4.3.3,TSM5.1.5.4 - Server
> AIX4.3.3,TSM5.1.5   - Client
>
> When restoring compressed files, is it normal for the "reported" size to
> be
> different from the actual restored size as it is when backing up? Im
> restoring a large database and so far the the "live" report from the dsmc
> session reports 1.4GB restored when if you look at the directory, over 6GB
> have shown up. Im assuming this is normal... is it?
>
> Steve
>
>
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