On Feb 29, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Thomas Denier wrote:

People who want TSM coverage for new systems at our site are asked
to provide reasonably accurate estimates for the following:

1.Aggregate size of files on the system
2.Number of files on the system
3.Aggregate size of files that will be backed up each day
3.Number of files that will be backed up each day

Nobody has a problem with number 1, but Windows administrators are
constantly complaining about how difficult it is to obtain the other
three. Some of them insist that it is impossible to obtain this
information.

The Windows admins probably appreciate that the computation is made
all the more difficult in that a variety of files on the system may
not participate in the backups.  To aid (and impress) them, consider
using the Preview facility, introduced in TSM 5.3.  See the TSM 5.3
Technical Guide redbook.

    Richard Sims