Ditto, I use a similar approach. I have them in a client option set on the backup server so they can be easily managed in one location.
-Rick Adamson -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 9:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] "Compressed data grew" retries? Good morning Tom, We have, successfully, used the following in our dsm.opt/dsm.sys files for many years EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.z" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.*_" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.pst" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.gif" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.doc" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.ppt" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.pps" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.psd" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.exe" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.jpg" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.jp2" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.sid" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.vsd" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.pdf" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.wpd" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.wav" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.xls" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.pfb" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.mov" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.xlk" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.wmv" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.cab" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.zip" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.jbf" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.rec" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.msg" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.pub" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.bmp" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.png" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.pot" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.mpg" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.mps" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.tif" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*.tiff" Pam Pam Pagnotta Sr. System Engineer Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet Contractor to US. Department of Energy Office of the CIO/IM-622 Office: 301-903-5508 Mobile: 301-335-8177 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Alverson Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:58 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] "Compressed data grew" retries? I have been watching an initial TSM backup running for a long time now over a WAN connection (100mbit/sec) and I keep seeing "compressed data grew" followed by a "Retry". Does this mean that for every file that compression increased the size (even 1%) the whole transfer is discarded and it starts over again with the same file (presumably with compression disabled)? If so that is probably hurting my backup speed much more than the compression ever improved it. Is there any way to prevent this short of adding one of these options for every type of compressible file? EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*:\...\*.jpg" EXCLUDE.COMPRESSION "*:\...\*.zip"
