IBM has had several customers reporting this performance issue after upgrading to level 5.4. APAR IC53531 was originally opened for this for the NetWare platform only. We are now also seeing the same issue for this APAR for customers on UNIX platforms as well. (However, this APAR does not apply to Windows platforms.) For Netware, the interim fix is 5.4.1.4. I do not have the date for the UNIX platforms yet.
At 05:02 PM 3/14/2008 -0400, you wrote:
Hi All, We recently upgraded the TSM clients on our cryus imap servers from 5.3.0.12 to 5.4.1.2 (and then 5.4.1.5), and since that upgrade, we have seen the backups of about 4.5million files in each of our 12 spools go from about 2.5 hours to approx. 4 days (had we let it run to completion). Anyone else seeing issues with 5.4.x on Solaris clients with millions of files? Other vitals: Server: 5.4.1.2 on AIX Network: GB Client OS Solaris 2.9 Filesystems are VxFS on an Hitachi 9960. We have opened a PMR with IBM, and they want to run some traces, but we have since reverted back to 5.3.0.12, and our 2.5hr backups. We need to run 5.4 to stay supported, and a minimum of 5.4.1.2 for the fix for the security issues in dsmcad, which we use for email restores on these systems. Thanks in advance for any insights anyone can provide. Steve Roder University at Buffalo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
Dave Canan TSM Performance IBM Advanced Technical Support [EMAIL PROTECTED]