Does anyone know if these issues exist in the 5.5 Clients? It may be that since 5.5 is GA they will urge us in that direction. I was planning to go there, but if these kinds of speed and support issues exist, we may not for some time.
See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Steve Roder > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:08 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 5.4 performance issues > > Hi All, > > I wonder, with so many months passing since 5.4 has gone GA, and > no > usuable, secure 5.4 client, will IBM be extending support of 5.3? > > We are in the process of testing 5.3.5.5, as it fixes the security > issue in dsmcad, and does not have the preformance issues of 5.4.x. > And > then in less than 7 weeks, we will be unsupported. > > Steve Roder > University at Buffalo > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564) > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Dave Canan wrote: > > 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]
