Does anyone know if these issues exist in the 5.5 Clients?  It may be
that since 5.5 is GA they will urge us in that direction.  I was
planning to go there, but if these kinds of speed and support issues
exist, we may not for some time.

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Steve Roder
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:08 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 5.4 performance issues
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>      I wonder, with so many months passing since 5.4 has gone GA, and
> no
> usuable, secure 5.4 client, will IBM be extending support of 5.3?
> 
>      We are in the process of testing 5.3.5.5, as it fixes the
security
> issue in dsmcad, and does not have the preformance issues of 5.4.x.
> And
> then in less than 7 weeks, we will be unsupported.
> 
> Steve Roder
> University at Buffalo
> (spr AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564)
> 
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Dave Canan wrote:
> >          IBM has had several customers reporting this performance
> issue
> > after upgrading to level 5.4. APAR IC53531 was originally opened for
> this
> > for the NetWare platform only. We are now also seeing the same issue
> for
> > this APAR for customers on UNIX platforms as well. (However, this
> APAR does
> > not apply to Windows platforms.) For Netware, the interim fix is
> 5.4.1.4. I
> > do not have the date for the UNIX platforms yet.
> >
> >
> > At 05:02 PM 3/14/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >      We recently upgraded the TSM clients on our cryus imap
servers
> from
> > >5.3.0.12 to 5.4.1.2 (and then 5.4.1.5), and since that upgrade, we
> have
> > >seen the backups of about 4.5million files in each of our 12 spools
> go
> > >from about 2.5 hours to approx. 4 days (had we let it run to
> completion).
> > >
> > >Anyone else seeing issues with 5.4.x on Solaris clients with
> millions of
> > >files?
> > >
> > >Other vitals:
> > >  Server: 5.4.1.2 on AIX
> > >  Network: GB
> > >
> > >  Client OS Solaris 2.9
> > >   Filesystems are VxFS on an Hitachi 9960.
> > >
> > >We have opened a PMR with IBM, and they want to run some traces,
but
> we
> > >have since reverted back to 5.3.0.12, and our 2.5hr backups.
> > >
> > >We need to run 5.4 to stay supported, and a minimum of 5.4.1.2 for
> the
> > >fix for the security issues in dsmcad, which we use for email
> restores on
> > >these systems.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for any insights anyone can provide.
> > >
> > >
> > >Steve Roder
> > >University at Buffalo
> > >(spr AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564)
> >
> > Dave Canan
> > TSM Performance
> > IBM Advanced Technical Support
> > ddcanan AT us.ibm DOT com