Paul, Yes, We've noticed this.
Our solutions: * Start backups when users have supposedly gone home. * Don't do 'hot backups'. Have the application export its own backup to a flat file (preferably on another file system), then backup up the flat file. * Just backup what you MUST daily, then do another schedule to pick up the 'other stuff' on weekends. (Like, pick up user home directories and data directories daily, backup the OS and software weekly, since I changes little. This keeps down the time to query the database about whether or not something has been backed up. * Use journaling locally (we have issues with it, but when it works it helps) These hints don't make all problems disappear, but they help. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:37 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: TSM causing client disk contention We have a couple of clients here (Sun, Windows) who have noticed dramatic slowdowns on their application servers when TSM incremental backups run. Has anyone developed mechanisms to address this? TIA
