Yes.
-- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX Office 262.521.5627 >-----Original Message----- >From: Kevin Kinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:42 AM >To: Stapleton, Mark >Subject: Re: Novell backup performance > >Mark, > >Thanks for the reply. One final question. Can I use the same >strategy if I have just one volume on the server? For example: > >DSM1.opt >Exclude *:/.../* >Include SYS:Apps/.../* > >DSM2.opt >Exclude *:/.../* >Include SYS:Data/.../* > > > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/12/05 5:40 PM >>> >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Kevin Kinder >>So, to follow up, should RESOURCEUTILIZATION never be set >>higher than the number of NetWare volumes being backed up? >> >>And in the case of a server with a single NetWare volume being >>backed up, is there a way to establish multiple backup >>sessions to improve backup times? I've traversed the >>(seemingly) appropriate documentation and only succeeded in >>confusing myself. I think I know how to do it in Unix/Linux, >>but that obviously doesn't help here. > >Yes, you can multithread the backups in a different way. Create another >nodename, a second dsm.opt file using that nodename, and include and >exclude lines like (assuming there are two NetWare volumes sys: and >vol1: > >dsm.opt copy1 >nodename nwmachine-a >exclude *:/.../* >include sys:/.../* > >dsm.opt copy2 >nodename nwmachine-b >exclude *:/.../* >include vol1:/.../* > >This can be done with three or more volumes as well. You can >then easily >create two threads for your backups (and your restores) without the use >of resourceutilization, multiple mount points, etc. > >-- >Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional > Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 >IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX >Office 262.521.5627 > > > >
