Thanks Again! Kurt and David Kurt Beyers wrote:
> Check as well that the parameter TCP_DELAYED_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT=OFF on the > Novell server. > > Switching it from the default 'ON' to OFF improved the backups times with a > factor of 3 at a customer. > > best regards; > Kurt > > ________________________________ > > Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens David E Ehresman > Verzonden: do 15/09/2005 20:25 > Aan: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] Novell backup performance > > When we had a similar problem Servergraph/TSM told us the bottleneck was the > network I/O. Upgrading the TSM server to a gig ethernet card and switch > dramatically improved the backup times of our Novel clients. > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/12/05 1:43 PM >>> > Hello, > > We have a Novell client who's backup is taking to long > We added the Resourceutilization line (8) to the dsm.opt file > but it's still taking long. Does anyone have any suggestions > on what else I might take a look at or do that would help improve > the backup time. The backup starts around midnight. > > Here is the DSM.OPT file > > * Setting Options for the TCP/IP Communication Method > > TCPCLIENTADDRESS xx.xx.xx.xx > TCPSERVERADDRESS xx.xx.xx.xx (tsm server ip) > TCPPORT 1500 > HTTPPORT 1581 > > errorlogretention 14 > schedlogretention 7 > Setting Nodename > > NODENAME XXXXX > ERRORLOGNAME SYS:Tivoli\TSM\CLIENT\BA\dsmerror.log > SCHEDLOGNAME SYS:Tivoli\TSM\CLIENT\BA\dsmsched.log > PASSWORDDIR SYS:Tivoli\TSM\CLIENT\BA\password > > * EXCLUDE directory:.O=TIVOLI.* > * INCLUDE directory:.O=TIVOLI.OU=Development.* > > DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL -NDS -SYS: -VOL1: > * DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL > > * NetWare general excludes > * --------------------------------------------------------- > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\secaudit.log > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\events.log > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\system.log > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\btrieve.trn > * EXCLUDE SYS:\system\tsa\err$hst.* > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\tsa\err$log.* > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\tsa\skip$log.* > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\tsa\tsa$temp.* > * EXCLUDE sys:\system\sys$log.err > * EXCLUDE sys:\_swap_.mem > * EXCLUDE sys:\vol$log.err > * EXCLUDE sys:\tts$log.err > > exclude.dir poa:RESTORE > exclude.dir nvol1:RESTORE > exclude.dir mta:RESTORE > exclude.dir gwia:RESTORE > > * NetWare Memory management option > > MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP YES > > * NWEXITNLMP NO > > managedservices schedule webclient > * managedservices schedule > > schedmode prompted > > passwordaccess generate > > * NWUSER server_1_name\user\:password > * NWUSER server_2_name\user:password > * NWUSER nds_tree_name\user:password > > NWPWFILE YES > > * Resouce Utilization specifies the number of back end connections > resourceutilization 8 > > Quiet > * VERBOSE > > Thanks for any help, suggestions or advice! > > Novell Client 5.2.2 > TSM Server 5.3.1.4 > AIX RS/6000
