Hi Sam, A few things to look out for when running TSM journaling:
O - You'll need to complete a normal incremental backup after having enabled journaling (i.e. the tsmjbbd.exe process is running all the time). Subsequent backups should then be journaled. O - In your next incremental backup, you'll see in the standard output at the top something similar to 'Using journal for G$' O - After the backup has completed, checking the summary should reveal that the 'objects inspected' number has decreased to a figure very close to the 'objects backed up' number, as opposed to the huge number of files you may actually have on the filesystem. This is because TSM now only 'inspects' those files which the TSM journaling engine has made a log of as having changed. O - Haven't seen anything really in terms of additional load using journaling (though keep an eye on the disk space the journaling log is taking up - up to 2GB I think, though you can change the location and limit the size), certainly it's much better than having a hungry dsmc.exe process running for hours and hours. I'm now seeing backups that used to take anything up to 20 hours finish in 30 minutes. O - We've upped to TSM 5.1.6.7 client level for journaling nodes. Hope this helps. David McClelland Management Systems Integrator Global Management Systems Reuters 85 Fleet Street London EC4P 4AJ -----Original Message----- From: Sam Rudland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 January 2004 09:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Journaling I have enabled journaling on a client which has a lot of timeouts and overruns it's sessions due to a large number of files in the are being backed. However I could not find documentation on it and wanted to confirm it's working - am I right in thinking that once enabled the next window runs as normal and then after that the journaling benefits should be seen? Also has anyone seen any additional load that journaling adds onto a system where it is enabled? Thanks! Sam Sam Rudland --------------------------------------------------------------- - 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.