Do you have the opportunity to use a scheduler that can track resource use? We use a set of ^M scheduled jobs using a resource count and pool. ^M will feed in stgpool backup jobs according to how many drives they will want and how many are free. It's the best way so far we have found of maximizing drive use during multiple stgpool backups, unless you start to cancel procs and re-submit the backups to use more drives as they come available, or using some trickery to get backup stgpool processes pre-empted; - I believe then the pre-empted threads work is distributed amongst the processes that are left (or tacked on the end of one..)
Which is a minor gripe of mine; if the pre-empt can allocate work to other running processes for that backup stgpool, it feels like the ability to add/remove drives (processes) to a backup stgpool process on the fly is there but just out of reach.... Matt. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Schaub Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:12 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Storage Pool Backup Issue Joni, Sounds to me like you need 6 scripts that all use wait=yes, and you will have to balance which pools get backed up in each script. -steve -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joni Moyer Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:59 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Storage Pool Backup Issue Hello Everyone! I have an issue of drive shortage and I would like to cascade my backup jobs of my storage pools. I know that you first want to make the disk to offsite tape copy and then the onsite tape to offsite tape copy for each storage pool. My question is, how do I combine all 14 jobs in a cascading order so that they are only using a maximum of 6 drives at a time? I thought about putting them all within a script and running them with wait=yes but I don't think that will give me exactly what I want to do. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate the input! Thanks! ******************************** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************** Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm ___________________________ Disclaimer Notice __________________________ This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Any distribution or copying without our prior permission is prohibited. Internet communications are not always secure and therefore Powergen Retail Limited does not accept legal responsibility for this message. The recipient is responsible for verifying its authenticity before acting on the contents. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Powergen Retail Limited. Powergen Retail Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the sale and service of general insurance products. Registered addresses: Powergen Retail Limited, Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, CV4 8LG. Registered in England and Wales No: 3407430 Telephone +44 (0) 2476 42 4000 Fax +44 (0) 2476 42 5432
