RE: Nightly backup takes longer after upgrade from V4R5 to V5R1

You might need to omit QNTC ('/QNTC' *OMIT) from the SAV command.  Look in
the joblog for Message ID CPDB050: Session initialization error with Network
Server XXXXXXXX.  This can add lots of time to the backup while your system
tries to contact every server in the domain.  Be sure that you are not
actually supposed to be backing up any server shares and don't have a
internal x-Series server that needs to be backed up here.

Scott Ingvaldson
AS/400 System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----
date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 09:53:32 -0500
from: "Diana Hicks" <DianaH@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Nightly backup takes longer after upgrade from V4R5 to V5R1

We upgraded our 170 from V4R5 to V5R1 a couple weekends ago.  Since then,
our daily backup is taking 2 hours when it used to take only 1 hour.  We
have a 13GB 1/4" 6385 tape drive and use the backup scheduler (RUNBCKUP from
GO BACKUP) to save all user libraries, all folders, all user directories,
security data and configuration.  At least once a month, we perform an
option 21 to save entire system.  The save entire system backup time (2
hours) did not increase.  We applied all the cumulative, database (on the
group CDs) and hiper PTFs.  Our current total disk usage is 15 GB which is
about the same as it was before the upgrade and cleanup.  Any ideas on what
has happened and how we can fix it.  Thank you for any help you can provide.
 
Diana Hicks
Town of Jupiter
IBM Certified Specialist-AS/400 RPG IV Programmer
IBM Certified Specialist-AS/400 System Administrator