We addeed MEMORYEFFECIENTBACKUP YES to the DSM.OPT file, but I don't know how 
far up/down it processes for a directory in that mode.

I'm thinking of just -INCRBYDATE. This is an imaging server where documents are 
scanned and stored here. Don't need to worry about deletions. It will still 
take a while to scan a filesystem of 15+million objects, but this way I don't 
have to worry about the overhead of sync'ing with the TSM server for each file 
backed up.

Can't go 64-bit due to the application.

Thanks,
Bill

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> Bill Boyer wrote:
>
> > Windows 2000 server with TSM client 5.3.0.8.
> > TSM server 5.2.2.0 on Windows2000
> >
> > Configured the journal service with a larger notify buffer, but we just 
> > can't
> get the first incremental to complete. We see in the server activity log that
> the session was terminated by the client. Running in managed services mode.
> >
> > Any suggestions on backup strategies on this large of a server?
> >
> > Bill Boyer
> > DSS, Inc.
>
> I have a client in the same boat, and the only thing I could think of
> was to upgrade to 64bit hardware so the 4 million file limit would get
> bumped up.
>
> This is what Tivoli pointed me towards when I asked the same question.
> The same concept applies to backups.
>
> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?rs=0&context=SSGSG7&q1=1197172&uid=s
> wg21197172&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=&NotUpdateReferer=
>
>
> From the link:
> Solution
> This is a restriction due to the nature of a 32bit client. The client
> cannot get more memory and is aborting. The client needs around 1KB for
> each file in memory. A 32bit client can only address 4GB of memory, this
> will be sufficient for 4 million files.
>
>
> -Jonathan