We had enough issues with McAfee that we decided to switch to Norton. Issues included: Frequent Dr. Watsons Viruses slipping through If outbound file scanning was turned on, then when TSM backed up, it would back up the changed files but 95% of the files on the fileserver had their access time updated.
Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -----Original Message----- From: TAZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: which virus scanner vs backupclient Mike, I have conducted testing with TSM and most the popular Antivirus Software. Although I can't endorse a particular brand, I can say I had the most issues with both Norton and Trend Micro's. Sam. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kindermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 6:08 AM Subject: which virus scanner vs backupclient > Hello, > > we are using trend micro server protect on our fileservers. During backup > (4.2.2.0 NT40-Client) the cpu-usage is nearly 100% and last on one Server 17h > instead of 2h without virus protection. OK, this is clear because tsm touches > every file, and the scanner scans it because its changed. But its a bug not a > feature. > This behavior is only on NT40-Servers so extrem! > I solved the problem by using the journaling service to reduce the > processing time and stopping the virusscanner during backup by pre- and postcommand > option in the dsm.opt. But this solution doesnt work every day and during this > time there is no virusprotection. And if the backup fails there is no virus > protection until someone starts it manually. > > Has someone made similar experiences with virus scanners ? Which > antivirusproducts work good with tsm-baclients? > > greetings > > M.Kindermann > Wuerzburg/Germany > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr f|r 1 ct/ Min. surfen! >
