You don't mention what client this is - but the newly released ones (5.3.3) support journaling for AIX as well as Windows. That might help with the incremental backup issue. Could be a lot of the time is just in navigating the file tree.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Loaded client/server question I've posed the sob story on here before, but I have a client that has 39 NTFS mounts with millions of files on each. When backing this up on an incremental basis, it takes multiple days now. Also, the TSM database grows at a rapid rate, and I have PMRs open on both issues. Now...my question is should I have a separate TSM server serving this client or should I have 2 instances? I can't back up this client to the current TSM server because we can't continue to feed the Enterprise DB for this one client. I seriously need some suggestions and how-to's because I've never experienced client behavior such as this. :-( Feel free to email me directly if you have any ideas... God bless you!!! Chip Bell Network Engineer I IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional (ITSM 5.2) Baptist Health System Birmingham, AL ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this information in error, please notify the sender and delete this information from your computer and retain no copies of any of this information.
