From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Orin Rehorst
>Whoa. I left a big detail out. This is a restore to a temporary
Exchange
>server to recover a lost inbox.
>
>I copied a big file between the TSM server and target. It went quickly,
>so I don't think it is a network / NIC issue.

Standard Operating Procedure: when you're restoring a large database
(which Exchange data resides in), the first part of the restore process
is the client machine formatting the space prior to moving data. Until
the formatting is done (and it could be quite a while for a large
space), no data will move.

There have been numerous threads on this list about this pheonomenon
with SQL and Oracle database restores. Exchange is no different.

(BTW, there has been a thread in the last week here. If you're using a
current version of Exchange, you can restore a database to a recovery
storage group on your production Exchange server rather than to a
temporary server.)

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Mark Stapleton (mark.s AT evolvingsol DOT com)
Senior TSM consultant