Hi Mark,

how can I store any data as filespaces of one node(virtualnode) in that case? I 
don't want to setup 10 different webagents for doing restores.


Thanks
..--

"Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM> wrote:

>You create 10 separate nodes, one for each mountpoint (drive). You can
>then run 10 separate backup threads; each thread has (in theory) 1/10th
>as many files to filter through before a backup begins.
>
>It's done that way a lot in such cases.
>
>--
>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
>  Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
>IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX
>Office 262.521.5627
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>>Behalf Of Dearman, Richard
>>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 1:06 PM
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: Re: 15,000,000 + files on one directory backup
>>
>>Yes, but the long backup time is because of the time it takes the TSM
>>client to query the TSM database for backup file candidates and not due
>>to the actual movement of files from the client to the TSM server.  So
>>how pulling from 10 separate drives increase the query speed.
>>
>>For instance it takes hours and GB of memory on my client for
>>the client
>>to query the TSM server for file info for 15 million files even though
>>the actual backup will end up being 11,000 files consisting of 300mb.
>>And the backup take over 17+ hours to complete.  This is running from a
>>GigE connection with my client with 4 cpus and 6GB of memory
>>although it
>>is Win2k.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>>Behalf Of
>>Stapleton, Mark
>>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:53 PM
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: Re: 15,000,000 + files on one directory backup
>>
>>No, because you're pulling data off of 10 separate physical
>>drives. It's
>>likely to be significantly faster.
>>
>>--
>>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>>IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
>>  Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
>>IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX
>>Office 262.521.5627
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>>>Behalf Of Dearman, Richard
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:46 PM
>>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>>Subject: Re: 15,000,000 + files on one directory backup
>>>
>>>Wouldn't the backup take close to the same amount of time has
>>using one
>>>mount point.  Because the TSM client on that one server still
>>had to go
>>>through 15 million files whether its doing it in one session or 10
>>>sessions.
>>>
>>>I am experiencing the same problem of an imaging system.  I am
>>>trying to
>>>go the snapshot image route of the 12 millions 300Gb of files and
>>>sending them to disk storage pool then off to 3592 tapes nightly.  It
>>>will grow to 1Tb of the next year.  I'm not sure how imaging will work
>>>on such a large file system.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>>>Behalf Of
>>>TSM_User
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:32 PM
>>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>>Subject: 15,000,000 + files on one directory backup
>>>
>>>I replied to the list about using windows mount points. A
>>>reply was sent
>>>back about it being the opposit of what they wanted. Well I had this
>>>thought.
>>>
>>>If you have an imaging system (or any other application) that can only
>>>use one drive letter why not use mount points for that drive.  Have a
>>>server with 10 drives with 100 GB each (D: - M:)  Then use
>>mount points
>>>to get all 1 TB of space behind the D:\.  The application
>>will then use
>>>the D:\ alone.  Mean while you can run the backup on all 10 drives.
>>>
>>>For details on how to set this up you need to consult the
>>>Microsoft doc.
>>>There is plenty on MS's website.
>>>
>>>Of course if the system is already setup then you'd need to add the
>>>drives and mount points.  Then move the folders under those mount
>>>points.
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