We are testing Vista and I'm seeing something odd. TSM seems to want to do almost a full backup every time it runs automatically.
I'm running the 5.5.0 client on a VMware (6.0) Vista Ultimate box that is talking to a TSM server running 5.4.1 on Windows. The backup on the Vista machine is automated using the DSMCAD service. The incremental backup kicks off at the correct time, but it ends up doing a full backup. I've looked through the dsmsched log on the Vista machine and I'm seeing where it has contacted the TSM server and picked up the schedule name and the action. The schedule name is correct and the action is set to incremental. And several lines in the dsmsched log mention "Incremental backup of '\\is-vista-test-d\c$' finished". The log shows everything just like what I would expect to say, the issue is that it ends up backing up almost 8 gigs of files each time the backup runs. I've run scheduled incremental backups almost back to back on the machine and it picks up 8 gigs each time. The machine is just sitting there between backups; I'm not doing anything on the machine in between. If I open the GUI and tag the c drive for incremental backup it goes out and looks at all the files on the drive and backs up a few dozen files and it done. Just like I would expect it to. If I go to the baclient folder and run "dsmc incr" from the command line it ends up doing what looks like a full backup. In the last couple of hours I had a scheduled backup run that moved about 8 gigs worth of files. Right after that finished I did a c drive backup from the GUI. It moved a few hundred megs of files. Right behind that I did the "dsmc incr". So far it's moved over 4 gig of files and is still running. Anybody got a idea what's going on here? PS, Vista looks good. Except most of our software doesn't run. The UAC (User Account Control) is a real piece of work. And they have moved everything around so you can't find what you're looking for. But at least it looks good.... David Tyree Interface Analyst South Georgia Medical Center 229.333.1155 Confidential Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.