Jeff, Could you be a little more specific? Which levels of TSM Client API, TSM Server, DB2 etc you are running? What is your hardware and disk setup on the client etc. Has `topas` or the other perf tools given you an view of whether you are processor, disk io bound etc? I'm sure we've plenty of AIX and DB2 backer-uppers (sp?!) on the list who given this info might be able to help narrow down your problem - it certainly sounds like it could be an interesting thread...
Rgds, David McClelland Global Management Systems, Reuters Ltd., London -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 November 2003 04:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Slow DB2 backups and IBM says I'm too old for support. We have what appeared to be a simple problem, we installed a new DB2 server and the backups (API) are slow, like 27 hours to backup a 100GB database. We have been backing up this database for years from a different server in less than two hours. The main difference between the two servers? The AIX version, the old server is AIX 4.3.3 the new one is AIX 5. The new server has been doing backups of small databases without issue for a few months. FWIW - when I look at the traffic on the Ethernet interface, I see 800KB/s when the new server is doing a backup. I see 2500KB/s when the old server is doing a back up. The servers share the same backup network. So, the TSM server seems fine, it appears the client is not sending data. I have no idea if this can be tuned or not, or if we have a version compatibility issue. So, we called TSM support, where we were more or less told to go away, "your server is too old, your contract does not cover it." So, that is what I pay all this passport advantage money for. This leads me to my question, what version of TSM is currently supported, and which supported version is considered stable? I sure don't want to upgrade a working, super stable TSM install. But apparently I have to. I'm quite annoyed with IBM lately, it seems like customer service for all products is going downhill. If you have ever had an AIX problem and accidentally muttered the words "FASTt" you know what I"m talking about, they drop the call and ask for a P.O. -JeffR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Get closer to the financial markets with Reuters Messaging - for more information and to register, visit http://www.reuters.com/messaging Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.
