I don't have the problem but I am backing the SYSTEM OBJECTS without any problems on a W2K DC. My client option.dsm also has the exclude for \ntds dir.
One major known issue is the anti-virus scanning can cause logs to increment perpetually, see Q298551, and especially Q284947! Also make sure your edb.chk file exists, otherwise above situation can occur. See Q247715. I had similar problem previously, but it was not due to TSM; I had to do an offline defrag of the AD. Also I moved the AD log location from the C (boot partition) to another bigger drive it is recommended by MS to do so. This too you can only do through the ntdsutil in AD offline mode. Khalid -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Boyer Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AD Circular Logging and TSM backups I have a client that just forwarded me a note saying that the TSM client is causing problems with the active directory circular logging. here's the text he sent me: (See Microsoft Article) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272425&Product=win20 00 Issue: - Buildup of Active Directory log files (total size over 2 gigabytes) on system drive C:\. - Circular logging is enabled but not working correctly due to an interruption by the Tivoli Backup Client. Corrective Action: - Remove the System State Backup option from Tivoli nightly backups. - Ensure the version of Ntbackup.exe is 5.0.2195.2104 or greater. - Create a nightly scheduled Ntbackup.exe of the System State to a location on the server s local drive (Tivoli will back this up). - Check c:\winnt\ntds\ directory periodically to ensure log files are being truncated. Looking at the microsoft article, it is a problem with AD, not TSM and is supposedly fixed on SP2 for Win2k. I've searched IBM and adsm.org but didn't find any hits. I have other clients that backup Win2k AD with no problems and have actually done BMR restores. Anyone have problems of this sort? The client level is 5.1.0.1 (I know..upgrade!) and the TSM server is AIX 4.3.3 TSM 5.1.7.2. They want me to implement the -SYSTEMOBJECT and the NTBACKUP solution right away. I don't know what SP level the Win2k server is at. There is an Exclude.dir *:\...\NTDS in the client optionset. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc.
