During testing i realized, that i can only restore files (with subbackup-parts) to with i have full NT access rights. (I am working local as administrator) Typicaly i do not have that rights for private (pst) files. Is this right?
Regards Stefan Holzwarth P.S i found the "testflag" issue in a paper at tivoli with the title: (I lost the link) "Tivoli Storage Manager" "Adaptive Sub-file Differencing and Encryption for Mobile and Remote Clients" > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2002 19:28 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: Subfile Backup Experience > > > That sounds good. I have read the docs about Subfilebackup > and have 2 more > questions. > > what about the TESTFLAG Takeownership for dsm.opt is > it still in > devolpment, does it work,....? > (i'm a little confused about the name testflag) I'm > aware about the > problem moving the rebuild file > from the tsmtmp directory to its original location. > > >> Sorry I don't know anything about that.... what it > is? We've had > no problems with backups or RESTORES using subfilebackup. > > how you should handle the client cache? Should it be > excluded from > normal backup? > Are the files in it automaticaly deleted after some > time or does the > tsm client wait until the cache size limit > is reached? In my testenvironment i have many many > small files in my > cache dir, although there are only little changes. > > >> Yes, the client cache should be excluded from > backups. It says > that somewhere in the white paper, I think. As far as I can > tell, stuff is > only purged from the cache when you hit the cache size limit. > ( BTW, if > you only turn on .pst files for subfile backups, what are all > those files in > your cache?) But the cache is only used during backup, not > restores. I > tried everything I could think of to damage the cache, > including blowing it > away entirely. If you hurt it, it just means that the next > time you do a > backup, TSM starts over with "full" file backup of all files, > just like the > first time you ever did it. So I haven't found any way to break it. > > ************************************************************** > ********** > Wanda Prather > The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab > 443-778-8769 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" - > Scott Adams/Dilbert > ************************************************************** > ********** > > > > > With regards, > > Stefan Holzwarth > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2002 19:50 > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Re: Subfile Backup Experience > > > > > > One of our TSM servers backs up approx. 350 Wintel desktops > > nightly, plus > > about 30 Windows & UNIX servers. > > > > Our users keep their .pst files on their desktops, rather > than on the > > fileserver. Our daily load has been growing steadily, > > doubling every year, > > and I determined that the biggest chunk of the growth was > > those .pst files. > > > > I turned on subfile backup last Nov. 1 for all our desktops > > via a client > > option set. I let it grab everything, not just the .pst > > files, and it has > > dropped my daily load by about 30%! > > > > Haven't had ANY problem with it. I tested extensively on > > .pst files of my > > own, and I haven't been able to break it. And we have > > successfully done 4 > > bare-metal restores since implementing it. I'm a happy camper! > > > > TSM 4.1.3 for AIX; all TSM clients are 4.2.0; desktops are > > WIn2K PRO SP1 & > > SP2. > > ************************************************************** > > ********** > > Wanda Prather > > The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab > > 443-778-8769 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "Intelligence has much less practical application than > you'd think" - > > Scott Adams/Dilbert > > ************************************************************** > > ********** > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stefan Holzwarth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:33 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Subfile Backup Experience > > > > > > Currently i have problems to backup a fileserver with many > > large pst files > > (Outlook) > > The incremental has to save nearly 25% of the whole data > > every night over a > > 2 MBit line. > > I wonder if it is a good idea to use subfilebackup feature > > only for pst > > Files with > > > > exclude.subfile "*" > > include.subfile "?:\...\*.pst" > > > > Does anyone has experience doing subfilebackup for fileservers? > > > > With Regards > > > > Stefan Holzwarth > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------- > > -- > > Stefan Holzwarth > > ADAC e.V. (Informationsverarbeitung - Systemtechnik - Basisdienste) > > Am Westpark 8, 81373 M�nchen Tel.: (089) 7676-5212, Fax: > > (089) 76768924 > > mailto:\\[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
