Anyone know if this can work for TDP Agents, like Domino? > Works great, less filling! > > It's pretty simple to set up, just turn on at the server with a SET, > then a couple of parms to set in the dsm.opt file (or a client option > set on the server). > > I haven't used it since the 4.2 client/server, don't have those > WAN/desktops to back up anymore. > But at one time I was using it on LAN desktops as well, because a huge > chunk of my backups were large (500MB-1GB) .pst files that changed > daily. Subfile backup changed those to BLOCK backups instead - saved a > huge amount of work daily. > > I don't back up those machines any more, or I wouild still be using it. > Never had any problem doing restores, and we did several full bare-metal > restores. > > Only gotcha is that you may want to think twice if you are NOT using > collocation. With subfile turned on, for every file you want to restore > you have to restore 2 files: the base file and the delta file. If you > are using collocation you won't notice; if you aren't using collocation > that means 2 tape mounts instead of 1. > > Also, I believe the upper limit on file size for subfile backups is > still 2GB? > Anything files larger than that, get sent in toto. > > Try it, you'll like it! > Wanda Prather > "I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O" -(me) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Sherrill > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Adaptive Subfile backups > > > Is anyone using adaptive subfile backups? I have some remote servers > that > back up over the wan and was wondering if this method would help and > what > could be some of the adverse effects. > > Bill Sherrill > >
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