I guess I can sum it up to not enough system to perform the task. Stopped the TSM software and the format completes a little more than 1 GB per minute.
Duane > -----Original Message----- > From: Ochs, Duane > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MARIST. EDU (E-mail) > Subject: DSMFMT takes forever ( 15 hours). 100 gb > > Does anyone know of or had problems with formatting additional space for > diskpools ? > > TSM server : AIX 5.1 ML3 64-bit enabled. 2GB memory 2 cpu H80 > > Disk type : 6 member raid set about 700 GB > > JFS2 > > Trying to format 100gb diskpool. Each time I have tried it brings the TSM > server to almost a stand still. TSM is up on the box but nothing is > running during 8 hours of the format. Should be more than enough time to > format 100gb of space. > > Any ideas ? > > Duane Ochs > Enterprise Computing > > Quad/Graphics > > Sussex, Wisconsin > 414-566-2375 phone > 414-917-0736 beeper > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.QG.com > >