I don't understand the question. What specifically is meant by "one
session per file"? And why is the user concerned with the number of
sessions? You can set RESOURCEUTILIZATION to 1, maybe that is what your
user is looking for.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-01-24
10:59:03:

> Hello All!
>
> I have a Solaris client at the 5.2.2.0 TSM client level and the user
would
> like to know how to stream a single archive that sends multiple files to
> the TSM server through 1 session instead of multiple sessions.  I have
the
> MAXNUMMP set to 2 for this client and I have looked at the dsm.sys file
and
> there is no resourceutilization parameter within the file, so I believe
it
> is using the default.  I couldn't find the value for the default of the
> number of sessions a client can start on the TSM server, which in my
case
> is an AIX 5.2.2.5 server.  Here is the user's question:  "If I issue an
> archive with multiple files TSM starts multiple sessions - one for each
> file.  Do we have a approach to limit the number of sessions?"  Any
> suggestions/help would be appreciated.  Also, when issuing an archive,
is
> it possible to override the dsm.sys file and specify the
> resourceutilization for that archive at the time it is issue?  Thanks
> again!
>
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