[ADSM-L] TSM Windows Client and Persystent imaging software

Subject:	[ADSM-L] TSM Windows Client and Persystent imaging software
From:	"Sergio O. Fuentes" <sfuentes AT UMD DOT EDU>
To:	ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:13:00 -0400

Hi all,

Just learned of a backup "issue" we're having with a Windows 5.5.2 client.  
They're running some imaging software called Persystent.  Turns out they've 
been having to reindex their repository rather frequently and this process goes 
out and touches all the files and bytes in that repository.  It's about 350GB 
large.  TSM then comes around and backs up all those files again. Our TSM 
server can gobble it ok, but it seems like a huge waste to backup the 
repository so frequently.

I'm not sure why they need to reindex, since I'm not very familiar with the 
software.  So I'm reaching out to this group to see if anyone is familiar with 
Persystent software and backing it up with TSM.  Any pointers to documentation 
would help.  If there's anyone with experience, I'd appreciate your insight.  
Thank you all.

Sergio