Hi William,

We already have the bp.conf entry, but I don't have the Performance Tuning
Guide.  Do you have a link for it?

-- kathy

>Do you have an entry:
>
>CONNECT_OPTIONS = localhost 1 0 2
>
>in the bp.conf on your Master Server?  See page 50/51 of the Performance 
>Tuning Guide.  It does refer to when the server is busy, which yours is 
>not.  As I read it, this causes internal connections not to be funnelled 
>through vnetd but to use nonreserved ports and the traditional port 
>numbers.
>
>It doesn't sound hopeful but may be worth a try.  I'd also suggest that if 
>the server is new you try and move to 6.5.4 as soon as you can before the 
>environment grows too much.  If you are not on the FA programme you may 
>have to wait for GA but that must be very soon.
>
>Also, absolutely vital is that all the servers are online and IP lookup 
>etc works.  You can configure not to require reverse lookups etc.  Any 
>problems like that will cause very long pauses.
>
>William D L Brown


>"Kathryn Hemness" <kfhemness AT ucdavis DOT edu> 
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>29-May-2009 00:59
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>[Veritas-bu] NB 6.5.3 slow response for administrative tasks
>
>
>Greetings,
>
>I'm having some performance issues with various administrative
>tasks in NetBackup 6.5.3.1 on a new master server and fewer than
>20 active backup policies.
>
>My master server is a Dell PE2950 server with 16GB memory running
>Redhat 4 update 7.
>
>What I'm seeing is really poor response when adding or changing
>backup policy specifications.  Sometimes to update the backup
>windows via the Admin console, it takes longer than 2 minutes - even
>when there is no other activity.
>
>I've also seen significant pauses when activating/deactivating
>policies via the command line.
>
>Are there system or database parameters that can be set to 
>optimize response?  What worries me is that if I'm seeing this lousy
>response on an unloaded master server, what will I see when it's
>busy backing up a couple hundred clients?
>
>
>--Kathy


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