Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-18 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
On 17/10/2019 19:37, Simon Thompson wrote: > Mmbackup uses tsbuhelper internally. This is effectively a diff of > the previous and current policy scan. Objects inspected is the count > of these files that are changed since the last time and these are the > candidates sent to the TSM server. > >

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-17 Thread Simon Thompson
Mmbackup uses tsbuhelper internally. This is effectively a diff of the previous and current policy scan. Objects inspected is the count of these files that are changed since the last time and these are the candidates sent to the TSM server. You mention not being able to upgrade a DSS-G, I

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-17 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
On 17/10/2019 15:26, Skylar Thompson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:26:45AM +, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: >> I have been looking to give mmbackup another go (a very long history >> with it being a pile of steaming dinosaur droppings last time I tried, >> but that was seven years ago). >> >>

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-17 Thread Skylar Thompson
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:26:45AM +, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: > I have been looking to give mmbackup another go (a very long history > with it being a pile of steaming dinosaur droppings last time I tried, > but that was seven years ago). > > Anyway having done a backup last night I am

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-17 Thread Marc A Kaplan
From: "Frederick Stock" To: gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org Cc: gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org Date: 10/17/2019 08:43 AM Subject:[EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions Sent by:gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org Jonathan the "ob

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-17 Thread Frederick Stock
Jonathan the "objects inspected" refers to the number of file system objects that matched the policy rules used for the backup.  These rules are influenced by TSM server and client settings, e.g. the dsm.sys file.  So not all objects in the file system are actually inspected.   As for tuning I

[gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup questions

2019-10-17 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
I have been looking to give mmbackup another go (a very long history with it being a pile of steaming dinosaur droppings last time I tried, but that was seven years ago). Anyway having done a backup last night I am curious about something that does not appear to be explained in the documentation.