Hi Christian

The particular server I tried to backup is a Windows client with at least 10 
volumes !!!!

I espected to open at least 10 sessions 

tsm> i -su=yes

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\d$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\f$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\g$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\h$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\i$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\j$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\k$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\l$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\m$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\n$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\o$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\p$'

Incremental backup of volume '\\mpeg3\q$'

Regards Robert

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christian Svensson
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 2:20 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: Deduplication number of sessions

Hi,
That is probably because you only have 2 or 3 partitions on your server you try 
to backup.
TSM can only stream 1 session per local partition on the client.

Best Regards
Christian Svensson

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Ämne: Deduplication  number of sessions

Hi to all



I am testing now Data Deduplcation wit Data Domain , my TSM server version is 
5.5.2.0 . In my pilot environment I have node with the maxnummp option of 20 
and still the backup open only 3 sessions.



The Device type of the device class is FILE with mountlimit of 20



Any ideas ???



Regards Robert