> Rick, that is interesting -
> How do they accomplish  "gets written in ... smaller pieces"?
>
> Is this some TDP tuning parameters you invoke, or is it a matter of
> backing up 1 DB at a time instead of doing "backup *"?
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> Wanda
>

I don't know myself, but some quick searching seems to point to the MS SQL
"backup database . . . " command, where you can specify multiple files to
write to.

The vast majority of our SQL backups are to disk, which TSM then grabs
during the normal BA client backup.  I have no idea how this relates to
TDPO.

Take a look at these . . .they might help point to more info:
http://beyondrelational.com/modules/2/blogs/88/posts/10153/sql-server-split-database-full-backup-to-multiple-files.aspx
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqldisasterrecovery/thread/0a1adca5-ffed-48f2-970b-4ed15fbeafec/

Rick






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