You can obtain the total size from the Search Results window by selecting the modified files, right-click, hit Properties. Just be sure you only select modified files, not folders, otherwise the size and count will be inflated with the size/count of the folders' contents.
-Ken Mueller -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:16 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Forecasting Windows client workloads People who want TSM coverage for new systems at our site are asked to provide reasonably accurate estimates for the following: 1.Aggregate size of files on the system 2.Number of files on the system 3.Aggregate size of files that will be backed up each day 3.Number of files that will be backed up each day Nobody has a problem with number 1, but Windows administrators are constantly complaining about how difficult it is to obtain the other three. Some of them insist that it is impossible to obtain this information. So far, the least ugly option I have found for counting files on a volume is to open a command line window, change to the root folder, and execute the following command: dir /s | find "File(s)" The Search facility on the Start menu can search for files modified within a day, which should give a reasonable idea of what daily backups will look like. The result windows lists the modified files and reports the number of files. Size information is shown for each file listed, but the sum of the sizes is not calculated automatically, and the window seems to have been designed so that it is impossible to transfer the size information to another program. Are there better ways for Windows administrators to get the information we are asking for?
