Re: VMBackup/E catalog disk

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From: Tim Campbell
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 20:13

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>Date:         Tue, 16 Feb 1993 12:07:53 CST
>Sender: VMCENTER Components Discussion List <L-VMCTR@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
>From: Bill Hunter <BHUNTER%UA1VM.UA.EDU@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
>Subject:      VMBackup/E catalog disk
>To: Multiple recipients of list L-VMCTR <L-VMCTR@AKRONVM.BITNET>

>Hello, Since converting to ESA1.1 and VMBackup/e R1.0A (from XA SP2.1
>VMBackup 5.3a) I notice that the catalog disk utilization has dropped
>from ca. 92% for XA to ca. 61% on ESA.  What I see each weekend is that
>as I run a full dump and an old catalog is discarded and replaced by
>a new catalog, the utilization drops ca. 5%.

>I'm curious as to whether anyone else who has converted to VMBackup/E
>is seeing a smaller 'catalog'.  As far as I know I have not changed
>any configuration records.  I keep my full dump catalogs for 8 weeks
>(56 days) and keep the detail information at the file level.  I do not
>do any catalog condensing.

>Bill Hunter, The U. of Alabama


I completed the same type of conversion several months ago. If I remember
correctly prior to the VMBackup/E 1.0 release there was a problem related
to VMBackup writing unnecessary data to the catalogs. I believe there was a
zap prior to 1.0 but it was included in the VMBackup/E 1.0 version.


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| Tim Campbell                            SAS Institute Inc.         |
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