ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Several simultaneous backups of an AIX client

2008-10-23 11:51:55
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Several simultaneous backups of an AIX client
From: Wanda Prather <wprather AT JASI DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:49:26 -0400
We can't tell from this info whether it's one filesystem with 18M files, or
many filesystems that make up the 18M.  Which is it?




On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Joni Moyer <joni.moyer AT highmark DOT 
com>wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a situation with an AIX TSM client which is at the 5.5.0.6 release
> on a TSM server which is on AIX and is at 5.5.1.1.  The client has 18
> million files to inspect when doing a daily incremental backup that begins
> at 9PM and as you can see below took almost 11 hours.  As you can guess
> this just isn't acceptable to run for this long period of time.  Does
> anyone have any suggestions on what could be done in order to get this
> server backed up incrementally in a quicker fashion?  Any suggestions are
> greatly appreciated!
>
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4952I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects inspected: 18,540,895(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4954I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects backed up:  225,018(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4958I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects updated:          0(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4960I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects rebound:          0(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4957I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects deleted:          0(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4970I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects expired:      3,376(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4959I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       objects failed:           0(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4961I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Total
> number of
>                       bytes transferred: 25.57 GB(SESSION: 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4963I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Data
> transfer
>                       time:                31,313.02 sec(SESSION: 40206)
>
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4966I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Network
> data
>                       transfer rate:          856.53 KB/sec(SESSION:
> 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4967I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Aggregate
> data
>                       transfer rate:        685.82 KB/sec(SESSION: 40206)
>
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4968I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Objects
>                       compressed by:                    0%(SESSION:
> 40206)
> 10/23/08 07:59:24     ANE4964I (Session: 40206, Node: CHRS141)  Elapsed
>                       processing time:            10:51:47(SESSION:
> 40206)
>
>                     Node Name: CHRS141
>                      Platform: AIX
>               Client OS Level: 5.3
>                Client Version: Version 5, release 5, level 0.6
>            Policy Domain Name: AIX
>         Last Access Date/Time: 10/23/08 10:55:10
>        Days Since Last Access: <1
>        Password Set Date/Time: 08/24/04 12:55:29
>       Days Since Password Set: 1,521
>         Invalid Sign-on Count: 0
>                       Locked?: No
>                       Contact: Open Systems
>                   Compression: No
>       Archive Delete Allowed?: Yes
>        Backup Delete Allowed?: Yes
>        Registration Date/Time: 08/24/04 12:55:29
>     Registering Administrator: LIDZR8V
> Last Communication Method Used: Tcp/Ip
>   Bytes Received Last Session: 241.55 M
>       Bytes Sent Last Session: 3,157
>      Duration of Last Session: 10.16
>   Pct. Idle Wait Last Session: 5.16
>  Pct. Comm. Wait Last Session: 47.67
>  Pct. Media Wait Last Session: 0.00
>                     Optionset:
>                           URL: http://chrs141:1581
>                     Node Type: Client
>    Password Expiration Period:
>             Keep Mount Point?: No
>  Maximum Mount Points Allowed: 4
>
>
> ********************************
> Joni Moyer
> Highmark
> Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III
> Phone Number: (717)302-9966
> Fax: (717) 302-9826
> joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com
> ********************************
>